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Michael Freund / Jerusalem Post:
Exclusive: Dubai ports firm enforces Israel boycott  —  The parent company of a Dubai-based firm at the center of a political storm in the US over the purchase of American ports participates in the Arab boycott against Israel, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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Jack Kelly / realclearpolitics.com:
Iraqi People Continue to Disappoint the Pessimists  —  The Associated Press reported Monday that Sunni Arabs in Iraq are prepared to end their boycott of talks to form a national unity government, thus disappointing yet again those journalists who've been telling us for two years civil war is imminent.
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Nelson Hernandez / Washington Post:
Diplomacy Helped To Calm the Chaos  —  U.S.-Kurdish Campaign Sought to Steer Sunnis, Shiites From Brink of Civil War  —  BAGHDAD, Feb. 27 — In the days that followed the bombing of a sacred Shiite shrine, Iraq seemed within a hair's breadth of civil war.  But an aggressive U.S …
Drudge Report:
BUSH CHEERS DECLINE OF MAINSTREAM MEDIA, RISE OF ALTERNATIVE PRESS  —  President Bush, for the first time, is hailing the rise of the alternative media and the decline of the mainstream media, which he now says "conspired" to harm him with forged documents.  —  "I find it interesting …
New York Times:
Americans Are Cautiously Open to Gas Tax Rise, Poll Shows  —  Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to a higher federal gasoline tax, but a significant number would go along with an increase if it reduced global warming or made the United States less dependent on foreign oil, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
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Matthew Yglesias / TAPPED:
A GAS TAX BOARD?  Noting widespread public opposition …
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan and Eschaton
Kevin Sites / Reuters:
NYT sues Pentagon over domestic spying  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times sued the U.S. Defense Department on Monday demanding that it hand over documents about the National Security Agency's domestic spying program.  —  The Times wants a list of documents including all internal memos …
Discussion: Say Anything
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Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
Court Blocks DOD's New Rules for Workers
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Latest Iraqi war casualty — conservative belief in "personal responsibility"  —  To the list of conservative principles which are being tossed aside like yesterday's trash in order to defend George Bush, let us add the ostensible virtue of "personal responsibility."
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
How To Slant A Poll 101  —  Today, we're going to look at two of the techniques that are often used by the mainstream media to slant polls against Republicans, both of which are on display in the latest CBS poll.  —  Let's start with the sexy headline and the first paragraph of the CBS piece on the poll:
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Bush, Speaking Up Against Bigotry  —  There are times when George Bush sorely disappoints.  Just when you might expect him to issue a malapropian explanation, pander to his base or simply not have a clue about what he is talking about, he does something so right, so honest and, yes …
William Rees-Mogg / Times of London:
Quangos, scumbags and a pompous donkey.  What company Ken keeps  —  WHY KEN LIVINGSTONE?  Who is David Laverick?  These are the questions to which the press has been giving answers — often wrong ones — in the past week.  —  There is a mystery about Ken Livingstone.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Coast Guard Saw 'Intelligence Gaps' on Ports  —  The U.S. Coast Guard, in charge of reviewing security at ports operated by a Dubai maritime company, warned the Bush administration it could not rule out that the company's assets could be used for terrorist operations, according to a document released yesterday by a Senate committee.
treas.gov:
EXON-FLORIO PROVISION  —  The United States has traditionally welcomed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and provided foreign investors fair, equitable and nondiscriminatory treatment with few limited exceptions designed to protect national security.  The Exon-Florio provision is implemented within …
MSNBC:
Judge OKs press subpoenas in CIA leak case  —  Libby defense aims to show any false statements were result of confusion  —  WASHINGTON - The judge in the CIA leak case said Monday that lawyers on both sides in the perjury trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" …
Washington Post:
Iraq's Deadly Surge Claims 1,300  —  Morgue Figure Eclipses Other Counts Since Shrine Attack  —  BAGHDAD, Feb. 27 — Grisly attacks and other sectarian violence unleashed by last week's bombing of a Shiite shrine have killed more than 1,300 Iraqis, making the past few days the deadliest …
Opinion Journal:
Meathead Economics  —  Hollywood liberals drive productive Californians to leave the state.  —  It takes hard work to drive anyone away from California's sunshine and scenic vistas, but politicians in Sacramento have been up to the task.  —  The latest Census Bureau data indicate that …
Michael Rubin / American Enterprise Institute:
Are We Playing for Keeps?  —  On Feb. 22, terrorists bombed the Askariya shrine in Samarra, Iraq.  The attack shocked Iraqis and infuriated Shiites.  The Iranian government sought to direct public anger toward Washington.  Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei blamed "intelligence agencies of the occupiers of Iraq and the Zionists."
Discussion: In From the Cold and Power Line
Nina Bernstein / New York Times:
U.S. Is Settling Detainee's Suit in 9/11 Sweep  —  Ehab Elmaghraby in Alexandria, Egypt, with his parents in April 2004.  Mr. Elmaghraby, detained after 9/11, said he settled his lawsuit reluctantly.  —  The federal government has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought …
Paul Hackett / Philadelphia Inquirer:
Culture of careerism scuttled a political bid  —  When I got back from Iraq last year on March 18 after a seven-month combat tour with the First Marine Division in exotic cities like Ramadi and Fallujah, my wife arranged for a small group of friends and family to meet me at the Cincinnati airport.

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