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New York Times:
Bush Would Veto Any Bill Halting Dubai Port Deal  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 — President Bush, trying to put down a rapidly escalating rebellion among leaders of his own party, said Tuesday that he would veto any legislation blocking a deal for a state-owned company in Dubai to take over the management …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
SO NOW BUSH IS THREATENING TO VETO any legislation that would block the Dubai ports deal?  Either this deal is somehow a lot more important than it seems (a quid pro quo for, well, something . . . ) or Bush is an idiot.  Your call.  —  UPDATE: Here's an argument that there's less to the port deal than meets the eye.
BBC:
Bush threatens veto in ports row  —  US President George W Bush says he will veto any law blocking a deal giving an Arab company control of six US ports.  —  The threat came as Bill Frist, leader of the Republican Party in the Senate, said he would move a blocking law if the government did not delay the deal.
New York Times:
The President and the Ports  —  If President Bush follows through on his threat, he'll be making a strange choice for his first veto after more than five years in office.  After giving a pass to a parade of misbegotten Congressional initiatives and irresponsible budget packages …
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and firedoglake
Washington Post:
Bush Threatens Veto Against Bid To Stop Port Deal  —  State-Run Arab Firm Poses No Threat, President Says Amid Bipartisan Criticism  —  President Bush yesterday strongly defended an Arab company's attempt to take over the operation of seaports in Baltimore and five other cities …
New York Times:
Bush Threatens to Veto Any Bill to Stop Port Takeover  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 — President Bush said this afternoon that he would veto any legislation seeking to block the administration's decision to allow a state-owned company from Dubai to assume control of port terminals in New York and other cities.
Opinion Journal:
Ports of Politics  —  How to sound like a hawk without being one.
Discussion: The Anchoress
President Lawrence H. Summers / president.harvard.edu:
Letter to the Harvard community  —  Dear Members of the Harvard Community,  —  I have notified the Harvard Corporation that I will resign as President of the University as of June 30, 2006.  Working closely with all parts of the Harvard community, and especially with our remarkable students …
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Elizabeth White / Associated Press:
Hecklers Disrupt Scalia at D.C. Appearance  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia grew tired of a persistent heckler Tuesday and asked organizers of a legal seminar to do something about the outbursts - gently.  —  "Don't use force," Scalia told American Enterprise Institute workers …
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Ted Frank / Information and opinion …:
Media coverage of Scalia speech  —  Justice Scalia spoke at AEI today.  In a speech of about 40 minutes (the web-cast should be available later this week), he laid out when it was and wasn't appropriate to use foreign law in American jurisprudence, and pointed out the contradictions …
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Daniel Finkelsteim / Times of London:   The test that David Irving set me: do I really believe in the power of truth?
Times of London:
Prosecutors say Irving jail term should be longer
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
There's No Such Thing As a Pro-Choice Republican (or Lieberman)  —  We knew it would happen sooner or later, and I guess it's going to be sooner: … Everybody who didn't seen this coming raise their hand.  Oh, is that you, Planned Parenthood? … Well, you might have f**king thought …
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Monica Davey / New York Times:   Vote Due on South Dakota Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions
New York Times:
Furor Over Cartoons Pits Muslim Against Muslim  —  AMMAN, Jordan, Feb. 21 — In a direct challenge to the international uproar over cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad, the Jordanian journalist Jihad Momani wrote: "What brings more prejudice against Islam, these caricatures or pictures …
Alex Massie / Scotsman:
Neocon architect says: 'Pull it down'  —  NEOCONSERVATISM has failed the United States and needs to be replaced by a more realistic foreign policy agenda, according to one of its prime architects.  —  Francis Fukuyama, who wrote the best-selling book The End of History and was a member …
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Will Bunch / American Prospect:
Sour Charity  —  Exclusive: Inside Rick Santorum's charity, which isn't very charitable and hasn't filed the required papers with the state.  The sidebar to Bunch's cover story posted yesterday.  —  Ever conscious of political fashion, Rick Santorum wanted to demonstrate that he, too …
The Anonymous Liberal:
Kelo Decision Vindicated (Conservatives Still Confused)  —  The New York Times reported on Tuesday that a number of states are considering laws that would curtail the eminent domain powers of state and local governments. … When the decision in Kelo v. New London was handed down last year …
BBC:
Iraqi blast damages Shia shrine  —  A bomb attack in Iraq has badly damaged one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, sparking furious protests.  —  Thousands of Iraqis have gathered at the al-Askari shrine in Samarra, north of Baghdad, where two men blew up the famous golden dome in a dawn raid.
Discussion: IRAQ THE MODEL

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