Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
4:50 PM ET, July 24, 2006

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Washington Post:
Rice Makes Unannounced Visit to Beirut  —  BEIRUT, July 24 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced stop in Beirut Monday in an effort to shore up Lebanon's fragile government, beleaguered by nearly two weeks of relentless bombing raids that have wrecked much of the country's infrastructure …
RELATED ITEMS:
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
A War Between Neighbors, Seen From Their Back Yard  —  Brian Williams was talking to a Detroit native fighting in the Israeli military as the soldier was launching a round of shells into southern Lebanon.  —  "One of these shells," the NBC anchor told him, "today or tomorrow …
New York Times:
In Surprise, Rice's Trip to Mideast Begins in Beirut
Discussion: TalkLeft and FP Passport
Reuters:
Eight hurt as north struck by new barrage of Hezbollah rockets
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian:
Blasted by a missile on the road to safety
Discussion: Harry's Place
Ynetnews:
Monday: 81 rockets hit north, 50 hurt
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Dialing for Spines...And the Constitution  —  Last week Pachacutec asked all of the Roots project members to reach out to their senators to find out how they intended to vote on Arlen Specter's revision of FISA legislation.  [If you haven't yet joined the Roots Project, you should] (see UPDATE below).
RELATED ITEMS:
Arlen Specter / Washington Post:
Surveillance We Can Live With  —  President Bush's electronic surveillance program has been a festering sore on our body politic since it was publicly disclosed last December.  Civil libertarians, myself included, have insisted that the program must be subject to judicial review to ensure compliance with the Fourth Amendment.
Confederate Yankee:   The Silence of the Informed  —  Arlen Specter has written …
Meryl Gordon / New York Magazine:
Joe Lieberman's War  —  The hawkish senator finds himself in an epic battle—with his own party.  —  J  —  oe Lieberman walked into the Athenian Diner looking worn-out but wired.  He'd been up late the night before, unable to unwind after his acrimonious televised debate with Senate challenger Ned Lamont.
RELATED ITEMS:
Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:
Kos, Hezbollah, and Israel  —  WHEN THE BOMBS began to fall in the Middle East, the Daily Kos had a problem.  And the Daily Kos's problem could soon be the Democratic party's problem.  —  On the one hand, one of the most solid blocks of support for the Democratic party is America's Jewish community.
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
'Chickenhawk'  —  ``IT'S TOUCHING that you're so concerned about the military in Iraq," a reader in Wyoming e-mails in response to one of my columns on the war.  ``But I have a suspicion you're a phony.  So tell me, what's your combat record?  Ever serve?"
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton / dlc.org:
About the American Dream Initiative  —  Editor's Note: Due to the large size of these files, and increased website traffic, these files may take a few moments to load.  —  At the 2005 national conversation in Columbus, Ohio, DLC Chair Gov. Tom Vilsack asked Sen. Hillary Clinton to lead …
Discussion: Donklephant and The Swamp
RELATED ITEMS:
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Civil rights hiring shifted in Bush era  —  Conservative leanings stressed  —  WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is quietly remaking the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, filling the permanent ranks with lawyers who have strong conservative credentials but little experience in civil rights …
Eric Pfeiffer / Washington Times:
Democrats pledge to fight Bolton nod  —  Senate Democrats have promised a "bruising fight" over the administration's nomination of John R. Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.  —  Mr. Bolton's nomination was sent out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last year without …
Patrick Cockburn / Independent:
Sectarian break-up of Iraq is now inevitable, admit officials  —  The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, meets Tony Blair in London today as violence in Iraq reaches a new crescendo and senior Iraqi officials say the break up of the country is inevitable.
Ron Brynaert / The Raw Story:
Time: Presidential adviser wants Bush to 'beef up' White House Counsel's office fearing possible Dem-controlled House probes  —  An adviser to President George W. Bush wants the White House Counsel's office to be "beef[ed] up" in case a possibly Democratic controlled House pursues a …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
'It Looked Weird and Felt Wrong'  —  From its first days in Iraq in April 2003, the Army's 4th Infantry Division made an impression on soldiers from other units — the wrong one.  —  "We slowly drove past 4th Infantry guys looking mean and ugly," recalled Sgt. Kayla Williams …
Daniel Gilbert / New York Times:
He Who Cast the First Stone Probably Didn't  —  LONG before seat belts or common sense were particularly widespread, my family made annual trips to New York in our 1963 Valiant station wagon.  Mom and Dad took the front seat, my infant sister sat in my mother's lap and my brother and I had what we called "the wayback" all to ourselves.
New York Post:
RUDY, THE FRONT-RUNNER  —  CRUISING AHEAD OF MCCAIN  —  July 24, 2006 — IT'S early in the game yet, but it's becoming undeniable: Rudy Giuliani will run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 - as the clear front-runner.  —  For months, the media have treated their favored candidate …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Pakistan Expanding Nuclear Program  —  Plant Underway Could Generate Plutonium for 40 to 50 Bombs a Year, Analysts Say  —  Pakistan has begun building what independent analysts say is a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium, a move that, if verified, would signal a major expansion …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 4:50 PM ET, July 24, 2006.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Don Boudreaux / Cafe Hayek:
Stationary Bandits, Plunder, and Trade Negotiations
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Weighing Foreign Forces: Sea Change for Israel
Bryan / Hot Air:
Kerry: I can control the wind and the waves and Iran's terrorists
Annabelle McDonald / The Australian:
Peace prize winner 'could kill' Bush
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"The Lord Will Smite"  —  From progressive lefty site the Booman Tribune:
Washington Post:
Democrats Tweak the Primary Calendar
 Earlier Items: 
Ed Morrissey / The Heritage Policy Weblog:
Varying Degrees of Secrecy
Brian E. Crowley / Palm Beach Post:
Wexler falls into a comedic interviewer's trap — and he's not laughing
Discussion: The RCP Blog and The Agitator
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
That Raise Might Take 4 Years to Earn as Well
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Saudis Urge Bush to Push for Cease-Fire in the Mideast
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Legal Group Faults Bush for Ignoring Parts of Bills
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
U.S. Cuts in Africa Aid Said to Hurt War on Terror