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11:40 AM ET, September 25, 2007

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Columbia University in the City of New York:
President Lee C. Bollinger's Introductory Remarks at SIPA-World Leaders Forum with President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  —  I would like to begin by thanking Dean John Coatsworth and Professor Richard Bulliet for their work in organizing this event and for their commitment to the role …
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Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
Columbia's Conceit  —  Exactly what would it have accomplished to "engage in a debate" with Hitler?  —  On Saturday John Coatsworth, acting dean of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, made the remark that "if Hitler were in the United States and …
Eric / Classical Values:
GAYS, HAIRCUTS, NOOSES. SOME DENIAL REQUIRED.
Discussion: Telegraph, WCBS-TV and Riehl World View
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
The Ugly Side of the G.O.P.  —  I applaud the thousands of people, many of them poor, who traveled from around the country to protest in Jena, La., last week.  But what I'd really like to see is a million angry protesters marching on the headquarters of the National Republican Party in Washington.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Right Fight for Democrats  —  This week's showdown over children's health insurance is the first skirmish in the new battle for universal health coverage.  It is also the first confrontation between the president and Congress fought out almost entirely on terms set by the new Democratic majority.
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Washington Post:
GOP Senator Says Bush Should Put Health Bill Before Policy Goal  —  A senior Senate Republican accused President Bush yesterday of holding a bipartisan expansion of the popular State Children's Health Insurance Program hostage to his broader policy goals of using tax deductions to help people afford private health insurance coverage.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Center Holds  —  In the beginning of August, liberal bloggers met at the YearlyKos convention while centrist Democrats met at the Democratic Leadership Council's National Conversation.  Almost every Democratic presidential candidate attended YearlyKos, and none visited the D.L.C.
Fausta / Fausta's blog:
Two girls, the Saudi Religius Police, a mobile phone and a can of pepper spray  —  Jules Crittenden and Blue Star Chronicles have it:  —  Saudi Religious Police Attacked by Girls (emphasis added) … Notice how the crowd didn't take the Religious Police's side, either. … It gets better:
Discussion: Hot Air
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Rasmussen Reports:
23% Approve of MoveOn.org Petraeus Ad, 58% Disapprove  —  Twenty-three percent (23%) of Americans approve of an ad run in the New York Times "that referred to General Petraeus as General Betray Us."  A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 58% disapproved.
David Margolick / Vanity Fair:
Through a Lens, Darkly  —  During the historic 1957 desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, 26-year-old journalist Will Counts took a photograph that gave an iconic face to the passions at the center of the civil-rights movement—two faces, actually: those of 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford …
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Juan Williams / Washington Post:
A Little Rock Reminder
Discussion: Too Sense and Feministe
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
NRA now eyeing role in GOP primaries  —  The National Rifle Association, which did not endorse President Bush in 2000 and 2004 until just a month before the general election, is considering stepping into the presidential campaign fray early next year during the primary season, the group's chief lobbyist says.
Discussion: TPM Election Central
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Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
Call Him an Oddball if You Must, but Do Call
Discussion: MSNBC and TalkLeft
ABCNEWS:
Clinton Camp Raises Q3 Money Expectations for Rival  —  Clinton Camp Puts Own Q3 Haul at $17-20 Million; Predicts Obama's Over $30 Million  —  In the last week before the third quarter fundraising totals are due, the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. …
Associated Press:
Kevin Spacey Meets Venezuela's Chavez  —  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Actor Kevin Spacey met privately Monday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, one of Washington's most outspoken critics in Latin America.  —  Neither Spacey — who has won Academy Awards for roles in "The Usual Suspects" …
Associated Press:
Giuliani party seeks $9.11 per person  —  WASHINGTON - A supporter of Rudy Giuliani's is throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican's presidential campaign.  —  Abraham Sofaer is having a fundraiser at his Palo Alto, Calif., home on Wednesday …
Christian Lowe / Military.com:
Iraq Detainee Chief Undercuts Insurgents  —  It may not be the most dramatic operation going on to defeat the insurgency and weed out al Qaeda in Iraq, and it may not grab the biggest headlines.  But one Marine general is waging his counterinsurgency fight by attacking the battlefield of the mind …
Discussion: BLACKFIVE
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court grants 17 new cases; voter ID, death penalty review  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to add 17 new cases to its new Term's decision docket, including a pair of appeals on the constitutionality of requiring voters to show a photo ID before they may vote (Crawford v. Marion County Election Board …
Jesus' General:
Priorities  —  Subscribe to Jesus' General for $5/mo.  —  Communications  —  Recent Comments  —  Battle 2008  —  Frenchmen hijacked my sidebar  —  Probably French  —  The General monitors these enemy dispatches daily.  —  The Frenchmen of the Northwest Forests  —  43rd State Blues
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
 
 
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CNN Political Ticker:
Report: Bush giving Clinton, candidates advice on Iraq
CNN Political Ticker:
In new ad, Obama knocks 'the cynics in Washington'
Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Bush urges U.N. to spread freedom
Sahar IIS / Inside Iraq:
Now we have Article 41  —  They crossed the high seas …
Arnold Kling / TCS Daily:
The Political Problem of Hindsight Bias
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SO HARD?
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
GOP expects to lose more House seats
Discussion: Wonkette
Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
Democratic Party Maintains Solid Image Advantage Over GOP
Discussion: The Swamp
 Earlier Items: 
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Time to Move On?  —  The fact that we're all debating the MoveOn ad …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
The Jena Dodge  —  Demonstrators and the media avoid …
John Hickman / The Space Review:
Still crazy after four decades: The case for withdrawing from the …
Opinion Journal:
Other People's Politics  —  In defense of the New York Times.
Micheline Maynard / New York Times:
In G.M. Strike, Both Sides See a Crossroads
CBN.com:
Southern Baptist Leader Defends Fred Thompson
Dan Noyes / KGO-TV:
Marines Denied Permission To Film Commercial
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
IF GORE WINS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, WILL HE RUN FOR PRESIDENT?
 

 
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New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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