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4:00 PM ET, March 22, 2006

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Washington Post:
Mr. Bush Unvarnished  —  PRESIDENT BUSH should hold more news conferences.  In his hour-long exchange with reporters at the White House yesterday, he was considerably more effective in explaining and defending his commitment to the war in Iraq than in the three carefully worded speeches he has delivered in the past week.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Bush Concedes Iraq War Erodes Political Status  —  President Bush at his White House news conference yesterday.  He said he was convinced that the United States would succeed in Iraq.  —  WASHINGTON, March 21 — President Bush said Tuesday that the war in Iraq was eroding his political capital …
Opinion Journal:
What if We Lose?  —  The consequences of U.S. defeat in Iraq.  —  The third anniversary of U.S. military action to liberate Iraq has brought with it a relentless stream of media and political pessimism that is unwarranted by the facts and threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophesy if it goes unchallenged.
Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle:
Bush says war could outlast his presidency
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush Troubled by Afghan Convert's Case  —  President Bush said Wednesday that he is "deeply troubled" that an Afghan man is being tried for converting to Christianity.  —  Abdul Rahman, 41, faces a possible death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity 16 years ago.
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
More Coalition & Insurgent Ops  —  In Babil province, another strike on a police station & Operation Iron Strike  —  A day after insurgents successfully overran a police station in Miqdadiyah, another attempt was made in the town of Madain, which sits at the tip of the "Triangle of Death" …
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Vanessa Arrington / Associated Press:
U.S., Iraqi Forces Capture 50 Insurgents  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents attacked a police station Wednesday for a second day in a row, but U.S. and Iraqi forces captured 50 of them after a two-hour gunbattle.  —  About 60 gunmen attacked the police station in Madain, south of Baghdad …
Thomas B. Edsall / Washington Post:
Grants Flow To Bush Allies On Social Issues  —  Federal Programs Direct At Least $157 Million  —  For years, conservatives have complained about what they saw as the liberal tilt of federal grant money.  Taxpayer funds went to abortion rights groups such as Planned Parenthood to promote birth control …
Larry Ribstein / Ideoblog:
The Dabit opinion  —  The Supreme Court held in Dabit that holders of securities can't bring securities fraud class actions in state court.  Peter Lattman has the story.  —  As I have discussed, the basic problem in this case is that when Congress, in the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act …
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Larry Ribstein / Ideoblog:
Second thoughts on Dabit
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Late Nite FDL: Aw Shucks, Brady, You Shouldn't Have  —  Update: They are having some fun with Bughouse Ben already over at the post.blog.  Ben seems to be yet another home school Intelligent Design afficionado, a barking Yellow Elephant, and as Red Dan mentioned, the blogger "Augustine" over at Red State Racists.
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Brian / mediabistro.com:
CNN Refutes Gallup Memo; Says Memo Was Unprofessional & Untrue  —  CNN has issued the following response to TVNewser's report that Gallup is ending its partnership with the network:  —  "Jim Clifton's statements are not only unprofessional but in every respect untrue.
Roger Mahony / New York Times:
Called by God to Help  —  I'VE received a lot of criticism for stating last month that I would instruct the priests of my archdiocese to disobey a proposed law that would subject them, as well as other church and humanitarian workers, to criminal penalties.  The proposed Border Protection …
Discussion: Feministe and Penraker
Ben Domenech / Red America:
Sackcloth and Ashes: What's Wrong With Infanticide?  —  [Note: Sackcloth and ashes were a sign of deep mourning, among other things, in the Torah...nowadays, there are plenty of reasons to bring them back.  When we run across those reasons, we'll feature them in a continuing series, of which this is the first installment.]
Jeff Gelles / Philadelphia Inquirer:
IRS plans to allow preparers to sell data  —  Critics said the proposed regulation could lead to a loss of privacy for clients.  —  The IRS is quietly moving to loosen the once-inviolable privacy of federal income-tax returns.  If it succeeds, accountants and other tax-return preparers …
National Review:
To Hell with the "To Hell With The 'To Hell With Them' Hawks" Hawks  —  Just kidding there — actually, making the point that "The 'To Hell With Them' Hawks" is a really clunky way of identifying a faction.  It used to be said of the mathematician Camille Jordan, whose papers were famously unreadable …
Financial Times:
Fears grow over new Dubai revolt  —  By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and James Boxell in London  —  Arab and US officials are growing nervous at the prospect of a second congressional uprising against the acquisition of American assets by a Middle Eastern-controlled company in the wake of the Dubai Ports World debacle.
Proud Kaffir / redstate.com:
Lies, Damn Lies, and (MSM) Statistics  —  On the third anniversay of the Iraq war, the MSM keeps bombarding us with stories and statistics trying to compare this war to the carnage in Vietnam, trying to make us think that US soldiers are dying at an alarming number due to Bush's failures.
FactCheck.org:
RNC Mischaracterizes Feingold's Censure Resolution  —  A GOP radio ad falsely characterizes Sen. Feingold's censure resolution as reprimanding the President for pursuing Al Qaeda  —  Summary  —  A GOP radio ad accuses Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin of proposing to censure President Bush …
Vanessa Arrington / Associated Press:
Iraqi Cameraman for CBS Faces Trial  —  An Iraqi cameraman working for CBS News when he was wounded and detained by the U.S. military will be tried next month, CBS officials said Wednesday.  —  Abdul Ameer Younis Hussein's trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday, but an Iraqi judge postponed …
Discussion: Carol Platt Liebau
 
 
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Daniel Rubin / Blinq:
Perfessor  —  The Columbia Journalism Review called Dick Polman …
Discussion: Extreme Mortman and Attytood
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court limits search power
Chad Evans / In the Bullpen:
U.S. Officials Concerned Iran and Al Qaida are Cooperating
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
A Punchy President Meets the Press
Mark Stephens / Times of London:
Verdict casts dark cloud over freedom of speech
Discussion: Europhobia
Scott Shields / MyDD:
Exposing The Machinery Of The Corporate Right
Jack Kim / Reuters:
N.Korean defector says disabled newborns are killed
Doug Struck / Washington Post:
Inuit See Signs In Arctic Thaw
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Online NewsHour:
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BBC:
Eta declares permanent ceasefire
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Sky News:
Suspect Atom Bomb Link
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
POLITICAL INSIDER: Legislature 2006: Poll: Reed a drag on GOP ticket
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
New Scrutiny for Law on Detaining Witnesses
Discussion: TalkLeft and Air America Radio
Chicago Tribune:
Blagojevich to face Topinka
Harry / Harry's Place:
Blair is right  —  For a long while, since his speech in Chicago …
tcsdaily.com:
Newspapers in Trouble?  —  Moody's is looking at downgrading …
Discussion: New World Man and EconLog
 

 
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