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CREW:
Unable to connect to database server  —  This either means that the username and password information in your settings.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the MySQL database server.  This could mean your hosting provider's database server is down.  —  The MySQL error was: Too many connections.
Alberto R. Gonzales / Washington Post:
Nothing Improper  —  My decision some months ago to privately seek the resignations of a small number of U.S. attorneys has erupted into a public firestorm.  First and foremost, I appreciate the public service of these fine lawyers and dedicated professionals, each of whom served his or her full four-year term as U.S. attorney.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Gonzales' testimony may give clues to firings  —  Democrats hope they'll learn Tuesday about White House involvement, especially what influence Karl Rove might have had.  —  WASHINGTON - For Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, his testimony Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee is all about him …
The Independent:
Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?  —  Scientists claim radiation from handsets are to blame for mysterious 'colony collapse' of bees  —  It seems like the plot of a particularly far-fetched horror film.  But some scientists suggest that our love of the mobile phone could cause massive food shortages …
Fred Thompson / Opinion Journal:
Case Closed  —  Tax cuts mean growth.  —  It's that time again, and I was thinking of the old joke about paying your taxes with a smile.  The punch line is that the IRS doesn't accept smiles.  They want your money.  —  So it's not that funny, but there is reason to smile this tax season.
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Ezra Klein:
Will Fred Thompson Withdraw The Troops?  —  If you've any doubt of the type of campaign Fred Thompson wants to run, open the Wall Street Journal this morning and read the Law & Order actor's op-ed "Case Closed: Tax cuts mean growth."  —  Despite the atmospherics, he's not pretending to be an economist here (and a good thing, too).
Discussion: Marginal Revolution
Nico / Think Progress:
Gwen Ifill Calls Out Russert, Brooks For Their Silence On Imus  —  This morning on NBC's Meet the Press, PBS anchor Gwen Ifill directly called out host Tim Russert and fellow guest David Brooks for failing to speak out against Don Imus' offensive remarks.  —  "There has been radio silence …
Discussion: Sisyphus Shrugged
Sfarber / the talking dog:
TD Blog Interview with Knut Royce  —  Knut Royce is a journalist who was a major contributor to three Pulitzer Prize winning stories for such publications as Long Island's Newsday before joining the Center for Public Integrity as a Senior Fellow.  He has won numerous journalism awards …
New York Times:
The Fantasy Behind the Scandal  —  The more we learn about the White House's purge of United States attorneys, the more a single thread runs through it: the Bush administration's campaign to transform the minor problem of voter fraud into a supposed national scourge.
Discussion: Prairie Weather and The Mahablog
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:   Administration Seeks to Expand Surveillance Law
Crooks and Liars:
The White House Email Scandal: Sorting Through the Spin  —  The White House has acknowledged that many years' worth of official email-which is required by law to be preserved-has been "lost."  The reason it was lost is because many White House staffers, most notably Karl Rove …
Tim W. / Mother Tongue Annoyances:
JL Kirk Associates and Bernard Haldane Associates  —  How are you?  Before you go any further in this post I ask that you read through my initial essay on this general subject:  —  MTA: "My Experience with JL Kirk Associates"  —  With no more ado, let me present to you the following address pair.
Discussion: Newscoma and Nashville is Talking
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Anick Jesdanun / MSNBC:
Researchers explore scrapping Internet  —  NEW YORK - Although it has already taken nearly four decades to get this far in building the Internet, some university researchers with the federal government's blessing want to scrap all that and start over.  —  The idea may seem unthinkable …
Discussion: The Impolitic and The Agitator
Washington Post:
Time for America to Be Relevant in Cuba  —  Several months after Cuba's revolutionary leader fell ill and left public view, Havana has clearly moved into the post-Fidel Castro era.  Whether Washington will follow suit is another matter altogether.  —  Recently the Bush administration has shown new flexibility in foreign policy.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Douglas Birch / Associated Press:
Russian police beat, detain protesters  —  MOSCOW - Riot police beat and detained protesters as thousands defied an official ban and attempted to stage a rally Saturday against President Vladimir Putin's government, which opponents accuse of rolling back freedoms Russians have enjoyed since the end of Soviet communism.
Discussion: Power Line
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Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
For prison inmate Jimmy Lee Page, a "not guilty" verdict did not mean freedom  —  State parole system can trump a jury's verdict with its own  —  The woman's body lay in the Nacogdoches woods, partially unclothed and stabbed repeatedly.  —  The 7-year-old boy lay crying in the back seat of a nearby Buick …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Outside The Beltway
Dymphna / Gates of Vienna:
The UK and Scandinavia Counterjihad Summit  —  Now I can tell you the news.  The Baron has been in Copenhagen for the last few days.  Today he is attending the UK and Scandinavia Counterjihad Summit, organized by the Center for Vigilant Freedom and hosted by SIAD, Exile, Steen, and other members of the Danish blogosphere.
 
 
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Gerard Alexander / Weekly Standard:
The Nonprofit Industrial Complex
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Taking a Bat to Prejudice
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Memo to the Media  —  Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson …
Dave / The Galloping Beaver:
The Abyss  —  I was going to link to a whole pile of studies …
Political Radar:
A Heated Exchange for Hillary
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Maher Blasts Regent Law School's Transformation of the DoJ
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Joseph Neff / Raleigh News & Observer:
Quest to convict hid a lack of evidence
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Robert Kuttner / Boston Globe:
Conservatism's third failure
Discussion: The Mahablog and The Corner
James Zumwalt / New York Times:
Witnesses for the Persecution  —  IN an echo of the final episode of …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
New York Times:
Eye on Iran, Rivals Pursuing Nuclear Power