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8:20 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:
Your Logo Here:
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 …
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
Jerusalem Post:
EU tries to save Christian convert
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
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Bush Is Facing a Difficult Path on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON, March 23 — In the days before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, immigration policy was going to be President Bush's signature issue.  It was central to his thinking as the former governor of a border state, key to his relationship …
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Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
Belarusian police round up protesters  —  MINSK, Belarus - Police barged into the opposition tent camp in the Belarusian capital early Friday and rounded up hundreds of demonstrators who had spent a fourth night protesting President Alexander Lukashenko's victory in a disputed election.
Discussion: RedState
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Robert Mayer / Publius Pundit:   BREAKING: TENT CITY STORMED
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.
Crooks and Liars:
Cafferty smacks down Kurtz  —  Cafferty smacks down Kurtz  —  On the Situation Room, Jack Cafferty just smacked down Howard Kurtz after Howie agreed with the GOP talking point that the press is too negative in its coverage of Iraq.  Cafferty came on immediately and was livid, saying that was ridiculous.
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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.
Norma Cohen / Financial Times:
Backlash over new pensions legislation  —  Employers will be able to slash their contributions to underfunded pension schemes by tens of billions of dollars over the next five years under proposed legislation before Congress that was expected to have the opposite effect.
Discussion: Sirotablog
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.
 
 
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Paul Kiel / TPM Muckraker:
James Tobin's Calls to the White House
ABCNEWS:
ABC News Listens to Viewers' Concerns About Iraq Coverage
worldtribune.com:
Report: Cosmetics firm using remains of executed Chinese
Discussion: Danny Carlton
Greg Gutfeld / The Huffington Post:
By Popular Demand: America Sucks!
Kenneth R. Timmerman / Front Page Magazine:
Russia's Double Game
Discussion: Reuters and Daily Pundit
Washington Post:
Envoy Accuses Iran Of Duplicity on Iraq
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Maeve Reston / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Right invasion, wrong explanation
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