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8:05 AM ET, March 24, 2006

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Erick / redstate.org:
We Must Defend.  —  It's true.  Ben Domenech is Augustine.  And I stand behind him 100%.  He has said nothing filled with racism or hate, or bigotry.  In fact, Ben has been a leader in keeping those he dubs the "evilcons" off RedState.  Unbeknownst to all of you, RedState continually self-polices …
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Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Plagiarism  —  I really hadn't intended to write another post on puzzling things conservatives have recently said or done.  However, the story of Ben Domenech (aka Augustine)'s apparent plagiarism made me change my mind.  If you haven't seen it yet, here are some of the examples:
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Meet Coffin.  —  As if we didn't have enough evidence that Ben Domenech was not the smartest hire at the Post, here is one more example.  —  It would appear that Ben Domenech is a plagiarist.  —  Thanks to Oregon Guy and anon, we find out that Ben's lyrical stylings on a real party …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Some Readers See Red Over Post.com's New Blogger  —  The Washington Post Co.'s Web operation has touched off an online furor by hiring as a blogger a 24-year-old former Bush administration aide who co-founded a conservative site and recently referred to Coretta Scott King as a "communist."
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Donald E. Graham / Washington Post:
Media Matters to Wash. Post brass: Fire bigoted blogger  —  CEO and Chairman of the Board, The Washington Post Co.  —  CEO & Publisher, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive  —  Dear Messrs.  Brady, Downie, Jones, and Graham, and Ms. Little:  —  I write today to request …
Associated Press:
U.S. Hiring Hong Kong Co. to Scan Cargo  —  WASHINGTON - In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is hiring a Hong Kong conglomerate to help detect nuclear materials inside cargo passing through the Bahamas to the United States and elsewhere.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Back when I first arrived in Washington, almost eight years ago now …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
The widow's mite  —  All the remaining members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams held hostage in Iraq were rescued by multinational forces.  In a statement describing their release the organization said: … According to the BBC the three were rescued by … Comments
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Nick Meo / Times of London:
Two minutes to freedom in SAS mission
Discussion: The Fourth Rail
Abdul Waheed Wafa / New York Times:
Afghan Judge in Convert Case Vows to Resist Foreign Pressure  —  KABUL, Afghanistan, March 23 — Despite growing international concern, the judge presiding over the prosecution of an Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity said today that international pressure …
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Fox News:
Rice Calls Karzai on Christian Convert's Fate
The Ugly American / The Real Ugly American.com:
Pundit In Chief: An Interview with Fred Barnes  —  Well I am a day late but here is "The big story" I was working on.  Yesterday I was very honored to have the opportunity to speak for a bout 45 minutes with Fred Barnes (whose notable work will be detailed in just a moment) about his new book Rebel in Chief.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Mark Steyn / Jerusalem Post:
Down with stability  —  Three years ago, in the weeks before the invasion of Iraq, it fell to the then prime minister of Canada to make the most witless public statement on the subject by any G7 leader.  —  "Your president has won," Jean Chretien told ABC News in early March 2003.
Cynthia Leonor Garza / Houston Chronicle:
Former first lady's donation aids son  —  Katrina funds earmarked to pay for Neil Bush's software program  —  Former first lady Barbara Bush donated an undisclosed amount of money to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund with specific instructions that the money be spent with an educational software company owned by her son Neil.
Voltaire / March for Free Expression:
Muslims are Welcome: No Danish cartoons, please  —  At the very start of this campaign, we said this is a march in support of freedom of expression, not a march against Muslims.  We meant it.  But there has been a lot of mistrust about this from Muslims, and some disappointment …
Michael A. Livingston / from milan to mumbai:
"Diversity," the ABA, and the law schools  —  The issue of faculty governance has been in the air lately, with even some liberal deans rebelling against excessive ABA/AALS interference in admissions and hiring policy, and a move to strip the relevant organizations of their accreditation power.
Maeve Reston / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
NOW says it will back challenger to Casey in U.S. Senate bid  —  WASHINGTON — Two women's rights groups yesterday endorsed Philadelphia lawyer Alan M. Sandals for U.S. Senate, warning that abortion rights supporters may stay home this November if state Treasurer Robert P. Casey Jr. gets …
 
 
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Greg Gutfeld / The Huffington Post:
By Popular Demand: America Sucks!
Robert Mayer / Publius Pundit:
BREAKING: TENT CITY STORMED
Kenneth R. Timmerman / Front Page Magazine:
Russia's Double Game
Discussion: Reuters and Daily Pundit
Washington Post:
Envoy Accuses Iran Of Duplicity on Iraq
Nina Bernstein / New York Times:
Mrs. Clinton Says G.O.P.'s Immigration Plan Is at Odds With the Bible
New York Times:
To All the Girls I've Rejected  —  A FEW days ago I watched …
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Right invasion, wrong explanation
USA Today:
1,889 days and no vetoes: Bush gaining on Jefferson
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Cafferty smacks down Kurtz
Nora Ephron / The Huffington Post:
Hello. By the Way. Whatever.
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Rough Draft  —  The gross unfairness of an all-volunteer Army.
Ben Domenech / Red America:
Two Quick Notes
Patrick Cockburn / Independent:
Insurgent doctor killed dozens of wounded soldiers
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