memeorandum: Lieberman-Lamont and the blogs — Mark Schmitt has the best … (Henry/Crooked Timber)

12:35 PM ET, July 31, 2006

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As the shells fall around them, Hizbullah men await the Israelis — Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, south of Tyre — Inside a well-furnished apartment in a village on the outskirts of Tyre, with shelves of books piled from floor to ceiling, a black turbaned cleric and three men sit sipping bitter coffee.

Discussion: Jay Currie, TigerHawk, Israel Matzav, The Big Pharaoh and Rantings of a Sandmonkey

Peter Baker / Washington Post:

Crisis Could Undercut Bush's Long-Term Goals — The Israeli bombs that slammed into the Lebanese village of Qana yesterday did more than kill three dozen children and a score of adults. They struck at the core of U.S. foreign policy in the region and illustrated in heart-breaking images …

Discussion: Obsidian Wings, the talking dog, Unclaimed Territory, White House, Brilliant at Breakfast, Copeland Institute …, The Horse's Mouth, The Next Hurrah, State of the Day, The Democratic Daily, Whiskey Bar, The Heretik and AMERICAblog

Associated Press:

Israeli air force continue Lebanon strikes — JERUSALEM - The Israeli air force carried out strikes Monday in southern Lebanon despite an agreement to halt raids for 48 hours after nearly 60 Lebanese civilians were killed in an Israeli bombing, the army said.

Discussion: Haaretz, Liberty and Justice, The Left Coaster, Rantings of a Sandmonkey, BlondeSense and Truthdig

Michael J. Totten:

Hezbollah's Coup d'État — The fog of war makes it impossible for me or anyone else to determine whether or not Israel's war against Hezbollah is succeeding of failing militarily. But it's painfully obvious that Israel's attempt to influence Lebanese politics in its favor is an absolute catastrophe right now.

Discussion: Liberty and Justice, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Centerfield, The Peking Duck and Israel Matzav

Reuven Koret / Israel Insider:
Hezbollywood? Evidence mounts that Qana collapse and deaths were staged

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere, Outside The Beltway and Sweetness & Light

Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Child Victims Incite Anger in Lebanon and Beyond

Discussion: TPMCafe blogs and Truthdig

Faiza Saleh Ambah / Washington Post:
Many Arabs Applaud Hezbollah

Discussion: The Next Hurrah, THE WAR IN CONTEXT and Ang's Weird Ideas

Helene Cooper / New York Times:
From Carnage in Lebanon, a Concession

Discussion: THE WAR IN CONTEXT

Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Rice to Seek Mideast Cease-Fire Through UN

Discussion: Hot Air

New York Times:
Israel Suspending Lebanon Air Raids After Dozens Die

Discussion: Washington Post, QandO, Talking Points Memo and The Left Coaster

Guardian:

'They found them huddled together' — More than 60 people, including 34 children, killed by Israeli attack on home where families were sheltering — Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Jonathan Steele and Clancy Chassay in Qana; Rory McCarthy at the Israel-Lebanon border; Wendell Steavenson in Beirut and Julian Borger in Washington

Discussion: EU Referendum, The American Street and Burnt Orange Report

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Independent:
Robert Fisk: 'How can we stand by and allow this to go on?'

Discussion: PoliPundit.com

Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times: A Night of Death and Terror for Lebanese Villagers

Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:

'The Putting of First Things First' — The revival of the romance of the antiwar left is a potential disaster for the Democrats. It's what gave the world Richard Nixon in 1968. — To the consternation of my children, I once spent an afternoon with Monica Lewinsky.

Discussion: Hartford Courant, PSoTD, The Next Hurrah, Blue Crab Boulevard, NathanNewman.org, Middle Earth Journal, Hullabaloo and The Heretik

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Sisyphus Shrugged: sigh.

New York Times:

Fooling the Voters — The two bills passed by the House last Friday and Saturday reflect a single Republican electoral strategy. Representatives want to appear to have accomplished something when they face voters during their five-week summer break, which starts today …

Discussion: Don Surber, The Florida Masochist and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

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Reuters:
FACTBOX-Details of U.S. House estate tax, wage bill

Discussion: Obsidian Wings and Ezra Klein

Henry / Crooked Timber:

Lieberman-Lamont and the blogs — Mark Schmitt has the best blog-overview of the Lieberman-Lamont race that I've seen so far. … There's just one thing that I'd add to this. As Mark said in a previous post, the netroots aren't a critically important force on the ground in Connecticut …

Discussion: Political Animal, Bull Moose, Firedoglake and To the People

New York Times:

Men Not Working, and Not Wanting Just Any Job — ROCK FALLS, Ill. — Alan Beggerow has stopped looking for work. Laid off as a steelworker at 48, he taught math for a while at a community college. But when that ended, he could not find a job that, in his view, was neither demeaning nor underpaid.

Discussion: Vox Baby, Instapundit.com, The Sundries Shack, Brilliant at Breakfast and Althouse

David Abel / Boston Globe:

Romney apologizes for use of expression — To some, `tar baby' is racial pejorative — Governor Mitt Romney yesterday apologized for using the expression ``tar baby" — a phrase some consider a racial epithet — among comments he made at a political gathering in Iowa over the weekend.

Discussion: Silent Running, BitsBlog and Hit and Run

Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:

Ned Lamont's First Video Blog: Let's Talk About Iraq — Over the weekend Ned filmed his first video blog. Since Joe Lieberman doesn't want to talk about his war in Iraq, I guess it's up to the rest of us. — If you think there is more to be said on the topic and things aren't going quite …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Hullabaloo, MyDD, The Huffington Post and Democrats.com

Craig Howie / Scotsman:

Jewish groups call for hate-crime probe on Mel Gibson — JEWISH groups have demanded Mel Gibson be investigated for hate crimes after the Hollywood star allegedly made anti-Semitic comments to US police officers when he was stopped on suspicion of drink-driving and speeding.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, The Moderate Voice, Balloon Juice, Outside The Beltway, Done With Mirrors, Flopping Aces, Dean's World, RIGHTWINGSPARKLE, Blue Crab Boulevard and It Shines For All

Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:

And Now, The Good News — The world seems aswirl. Where do we stand today? — Let's use the analysis of bestselling author Thomas Barnett, who divides the world into a functioning "Core" (North America, Europe, East Asia, rising China and India) and a nonfunctional "Gap" (the Middle East …

Discussion: Daily Pundit

Haaretz:

France says Iran is respected, stabilizing force in Middle East — Iran is a significant, respected player in the Middle East which is playing a stabilizing role, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Monday, during a visit to Lebanon. — "It was clear that we could never accept …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and Roger L. Simon

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

It Pays to Be a Print Journalist — in Films — In "Scoop," Woody Allen's latest film, Scarlett Johansson plays a cub newspaper reporter who teams with a bumbling magician (Allen) and the ghost of a dead journalist (Ian McShane) to catch a serial murderer. — Although we can't vouch …