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1:20 PM ET, May 4, 2006

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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
They Should Have Killed Him  —  The death penalty has a meaning, and it isn't vengeance. … Excuse me, I'm sorry, and I beg your pardon, but the jury's decision on Moussaoui gives me a very bad feeling.  What we witnessed here was not the higher compassion but a dizzy failure of nerve.
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Michael J. Sniffen / Associated Press:
Moussaoui Gets Life for Role in Sept. 11  —  al-Qaida Conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui Gets Life in Prison for Role in Sept. 11 Attacks  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. May 3, 2006 (AP)— A federal jury rejected the death penalty for al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui on Wednesday and decided …
Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Moussaoui Offers Final Diatribe in Court  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - U.S. Judge Leonie Brinkema sent Zacarias Moussaoui to prison for life Thursday, to "die with a whimper," for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  He declared: "God save Osama bin Laden — you will never get him."
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
France Wants Moussaoui Back  —  The French have apparently not let the ink dry on the jury submission from yesterday's sentencing recommendation in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial before starting to interfere with its implementation.  Le Monde reports today that French officials have contacted …
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
No Trials for Key Players  —  Government prefers to interrogate bigger fish in terrorism cases rather than charge them.  —  WASHINGTON — Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person prosecuted in connection with the worst terrorist attack in American history, did not get the death penalty …
Marc Santora / New York Times:
9/11 Verdict Draws Mixed Reactions  —  For the families of those killed on Sept. 11, there are many things they agree on when it comes to Zacarias Moussaoui.  —  That he is an unrepentant horror of a person is not much in question.  They are quick to call his behavior during his trial and sentencing hearing abominable and painful.
Discussion: Bull Moose
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
So Not Funny  —  First, let me state my credentials: I am a funny guy.  This is well known in certain circles, which is why, even back in elementary school, I was sometimes asked by the teacher to "say something funny" — as if the deed could be done on demand.
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Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:
The Party's Over  —  It's time to shut down the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.  —  Rem Rieder (rrieder@ajr.umd.edu) is AJR's editor and senior vice president.  —  Steve Scully of C-SPAN, the incoming president of the White House Correspondents' Association …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Lobbying Bill Passes Narrowly in House  —  WASHINGTON, May 3 — The House narrowly passed a bill on Wednesday intended to restore public trust in Congress by reshaping the relationship between lawmakers and lobbyists.  But Democrats denounced the measure as a sham, and 20 Republicans voted against it.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Air America Radio
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Lou Chibbaro Jr / sovo.com:
Dean fires Dems' gay outreach chief  —  Shakeup follows criticism by partner; Bond named replacement  —  Democratic Party Chair Howard Dean on May 2 fired the party's gay outreach advisor Donald Hitchcock less than a week after Hitchcock's domestic partner, Paul Yandura, a longtime party activist …
Jim Stratton / orlandosentinel.com:
Contractor's deal was Harris priority, former staffers say  —  Former senior members of U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris' congressional staff say they initially rejected a defense contractor's $10 million appropriation request last year but reversed course after being instructed by Harris to approve it.
Discussion: Mia Culpa, Wonkette and Hotline On Call
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Growing Unease for Some Blacks on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON, May 3 — In their demonstrations across the country, some Hispanic immigrants have compared the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s struggle to their own, singing "We Shall Overcome" and declaring a new civil rights movement …
Charles Wheelan / finance.yahoo.com:
Debunking One of the Worst Ideas in Economics  —  In this column, I'm focusing on bad economics.  In fact, I'm going to write about what I consider to be the two worst economic ideas — or at least ideas that pass as economics, though both have been thoroughly repudiated by nearly all credible thinkers.
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Decoding the McCaffrey Memo  —  If this is the cost of victory in Iraq, is America willing to pay it?  —  Good news and bad news on the war in Iraq: The good news is that victory is possible, our troops are the best ever, the Iraqi army is getting bigger and better, and most Iraqi people want a pluralistic government.
The All Spin Zone:
Jeff Gannon is Only About 5'8"  —  Well, that got your attention.  I stood next to him tonight and kept from retching, even.  —  I went to the Equality Forum panel where Gannon spoke along with Mike Rogers of BlogActive (Lambert from Corrente has a longer entry on the events).
Richard Morin / Washington Post:
The Fox News Effect  —  We report.  You decide.  Does President Bush owe his controversial win in 2000 to Fox cable television news?  —  Yes, suggest data collected by two economists who found that the growth of the Fox cable news network in the late 1990s may have significantly boosted …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Online Integrity, and Other Things I Will Not Be Signing  —  In 2006, I have no plans to steal candy from children, or to take money from the collection plate at church.  I do not plan to spit on people I pass on the sidewalk, nor do I plan to set fire to a school.
Eric Boehlert / Salon:
Lapdogs  —  Cowardly and clueless, the U.S. media abandoned its post as Bush led the country into a disastrous war.  A look inside one of the great journalistic collapses of our time.  —  Print EmailFont: S / S+ / S++  —  President Bush with Tony Snow, left, and Scott McClellan, right …
Discussion: A Tiny Revolution
Opinion Journal:
Prodigal State  —  Tort reform brings doctors back to Texas.  —  DALLAS—The Senate is once again taking up the issue of medical justice reform.  If senators want to expand access to health care by increasing the number of physicians and lowering costs, they need to look at Texas.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Tax Deal Sets Day of Reckoning  —  Tough Choice on Deficit in Store for President, Congress in 2011  —  With this week's hard-fought agreement on a $70 billion tax-cut extension, President Bush and congressional Republicans have effectively set a date for a fiscal day of reckoning …
Andrew Samwick / Vox Baby:
You Pay Your Money, You Take Your Chances  —  I finally decided to go in for TimesSelect.  I am greeted by Tom Friedman's column, "Let's (Third) Party," where I read this gem about gasoline prices: … That's a fascinating "truth."  Note that he is not writing here about the externalities associated …
 
 
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Mike McCurry / The Huffington Post:
Whither Internet 2.0?  —  OK, lots of comments including Ms. Huffington her own self.
WorldNetDaily:
Judge orders San Diego cross removed
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Valerie Plame Seeks Book Deal
Bruce Bartlett / Cato Unbound:
THE FORECAST IS GRIM ... SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Another Way for Iraq?  —  On Monday, to mark the third anniversary …
Boston Globe:
The gathering storm over Iran
Jeffrey Goldfarb / Reuters:
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