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12:20 PM ET, March 24, 2006

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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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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 …
Michelle Malkin:
THE DOMENECH DEBACLE  —  I just got home from Pittsburgh and am late heading out the door for the Abdul Rahman event in D.C., but I can't let this blog sit silent about the plagiarism debacle now engulfing young conservative Ben Domenech, the Washington Post's "Red America" blogger.
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:
Gavin M. / Sadly, No!:
Ben Caught Stealing (Dance Remix)
Discussion: Eschaton
On The Fence Films:
Stonewalling At Yale  —  Yesterday, Evan Maloney was on the Yale campus hoping to interview administrators and allow them to give a fuller accounting of their decision to admit an ex-Taliban official with very little previous education to the hallowed halls of one of America's elite universities.
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Opinion Journal:
Foreign Exchange  —  Why did Yale slam the door on Afghan women?  —  A statement from Yale University, defending its decision to admit former Taliban spokesman Ramatullah Hashemi, explained that he had "escaped the wreckage of Afghanistan."  To anyone who is aware of the Taliban's barbaric treatment …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Of Course It's a Civil War  —  Today's big debate over Iraq seems to be: Is there or is there not a civil war?  Yes, say the defeatists, citing former prime minister Ayad Allawi, a man with an ax to grind against the current (elected) government, which excluded him.
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Washington Post:
Envoy Accuses Iran Of Duplicity on Iraq
Discussion: Informed Comment and War and Piece
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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Washington Post:   Immigration Debate Is Shaped by '08 Election
Madeleine Albright / Los Angeles Times:
Good versus evil isn't a strategy  —  Bush's worldview fails to see that in the Middle East, power politics is the key.  —  THE BUSH administration's newly unveiled National Security Strategy might well be subtitled "The Irony of Iran."  Three years after the invasion of Iraq and the invention …
Associated Press:
Top Muslim clerics: Convert must die  —  Religious leaders urge courts to ignore West, hang Christian  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Senior Muslim clerics are demanding that an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity be executed, warning that if the government caves …
thewesterlysun.com:
STATE BANS ABSTINENCE PROGRAM  —  PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island education officials have banned from public schools a federally funded abstinence program that civil rights advocates said embraced sexist stereotypes and included a voluntary student health survey that violated privacy laws.
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
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Challenge for U.S.: Iraq's Handling of Detainees  —  CAMP JUSTICE, Iraq — The blindfolded detainees in the dingy hallway line up in groups of five for their turn to see a judge, like schoolchildren outside the principal's office.  —  Each meeting lasts a few minutes.
Discussion: Penraker and Terrorism Unveiled
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: Publius Pundit and RedState
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
 
 
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Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement
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Meghan Clyne / New York Sun:
Harvard's Paper on Israel Drew From Neo-Nazi Sites
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Former first lady's donation aids son
Peter Spiegel / Los Angeles Times:
Bush's Requests for Iraqi Base Funding Make Some Wary of Extended Stay
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
In Charge, Except They're Not  —  Is President Bush the leader …
radioblogger.com:
Victor Davis Hanson on the tripartheid nexus of Congressional …
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Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Pour It On  —  Whatever Laura's feeding George, it's working.
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Women Wage Key Campaigns for Democrats
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Media Contortionism  —  I have never been much for blog triumphalism.
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Down with stability  —  Three years ago, in the weeks …
 

 
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