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3:05 PM ET, December 7, 2007

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David Brooks / New York Times:
Faith vs. the Faithless  —  Jon Meacham is the editor of Newsweek and the author of "American Gospel," which describes the history of religious liberty in the United States.  Richard John Neuhaus is the editor in chief of First Things and the author of "The Naked Public Square," …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Romney Spokesman Won't Say If Atheists Have Place In America  —  A spokesman for the Mitt Romney campaign is thus far refusing to say whether Romney sees any positive role in America for atheists and other non-believers, after Election Central inquired about the topic yesterday
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Mormon in America  —  How Mitt Romney came to give The Speech—and how he did.  —  Did Mitt Romney have to give a speech on religion?  Yes.  When you're in a race so close you could lose due to one issue, your Mormonism, you must address the issue of your Mormonism.
Washington Post:
No Freedom Without Religion?
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Where's Rose Mary Woods When You Need Her?  —  Think they couldn't top the Ashcroft hospital encounter?  The waterboarding and removal of Daniel Levin?  —  Well, how about a good, ol'-fashioned case of obstruction of justice?  —  Truly remarkable.  When the Times told the CIA …
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The Atlantic Online:
Start Snitchin'  —  How, you wonder, does the CIA get away …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IDF to show US nuclear data on Iran  —  Disappointed after failing to make their case on Iran and influence the outcome of the United States's National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) released this week, Military Intelligence will present its hard core evidence on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program …
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Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Doves find fault with Iran report too  —  Some experts fear the intelligence estimate will sap international pressure to prevent Tehran from getting nuclear weapons.  —  WASHINGTON — The new U.S. intelligence report that says Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Mandate Muddle  —  Imagine this: It's the summer of 2009, and President Barack Obama is about to unveil his plan for universal health care.  But his health policy experts have done the math, and they've concluded that the plan really needs to include a requirement that everyone have health insurance — a so-called mandate.
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Concord Monitor:
Don't get sidetracked by the mandate debate
Discussion: The New Republic and Ezra Klein
NY Daily News:
Judith Nathan got security earlier  —  Judith Nathan got taxpayer-funded chauffeur services from the NYPD earlier than previously disclosed - even before her affair with then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani was revealed, witnesses and sources tell the Daily News.  —  "It went on for months before the affair …
Ayaan Hirsi Ali / New York Times:
Islam's Silent Moderates  —  The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication, flog each of them with 100 stripes: Let no compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day.  (Koran 24:2)  —  IN the last few weeks …
Guardian:
Their own worst enemies  —  When Muslim groups try to silence the press, they live up to the most negative prejudices about Islam  —  Nothing sets back the eradication of Islamophobia more than Muslim groups' crying wolf against inaccurate punditry.  —  The latest instance of this is in Canada.
Discussion: The Corner
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The Corner:
Steynophobia  —  Late yesterday I stumbled across an article about a …
Discussion: lfpress.ca and DBKP
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Pelosi calls Cheney swipe undignified  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says a swipe that Vice President Cheney took at Democratic House leaders is "beneath the dignity of his office."  —  Capitol Hill was abuzz Thursday with discussion of the vice president's assertion in an interview …
The Washington Post / The Trail:
For Some, Negative Turn is a Turn-Off  —  DES MOINES — Once, Garry Thomas counted himself a Hillary Clinton supporter — even signing up to be one of her 25 co-chairs in Iowa alongside with former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack.  —  But Thomas now says he felt obliged to switch sides in recent weeks.
Washington Post:
Senate Waives Pledge, Approves Tax Bill  —  Eleven months after adopting stringent new rules aimed at reining in the federal deficit, the Senate last night shrugged off its pledge of fiscal rectitude and overwhelmingly approved a measure to spare millions of families from the growing reach …
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Tom Tancredo / MiamiHerald.com:
Why I won't do Spanish debate  —  I declined the invitation to participate in the Spanish-language Republican presidential debate on Sunday because I do not want to endorse the further Balkanization of American political life.  —  The debate is being sponsored by Univisión …
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Huckabee Second in National GOP Race  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Huckabee has vaulted from nowhere into second place in the Republican presidential race, riding a burst of support from evangelicals, Southerners and conservatives, a poll showed Friday.  —  The upsurge by the former Arkansas governor …
valleynewstoday.com:
Edwards has clear vision for America  —  Over the next few months, newspapers all over the country will offer their arguments about which political candidates deserve your support and why.  With the war in Iraq still raging and domestic problems like health care and poverty now at the forefront …
Daily Mail:
Imam's daughter in hiding after her conversion to Christianity sparked death threats  —  The daughter of a British imam is living under police protection after receiving death threats from her father for converting to Christianity.  —  The 31-year-old, whose father is the leader of a mosque in Lancashire …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
NBC STRIKES AGAIN  —  This past summer we wrote here and here about the refusal of CNBC and MSNBC to run ads submitted by Freedom's Watch supporting the war.  Now Freedom's Watch has submitted ads thanking the troops for airing by NBC et al, again, and they have declined because the ads mention Freedom Watch's Web site.
 
 
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court grants six new cases
Discussion: JURIST
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
The Speech: How is it playing in Iowa?
Discussion: TownHall Blog
David Von Drehle / Time:
Why They Love Huckabee  —  Once upon a time, a little-known …
Discussion: The Trail
Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:
Betty Friedan and the Ruined Football Party
Discussion: Washington Post and Vox Popoli
Ryan Alessi / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Senate race might need a candidate
Danielle Crittenden / The Huffington Post:
Islamic Like Me: Why Don't You Just Take It Off?
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Ilan Goldenberg / democracyarsenal.org:
The National Ilan Estimate
The Tank:
An Open Letter to NRO Readers [W. Thomas Smith Jr.]  —  Dear Readers,
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
GOP Senate Leader McConnell Appears To Belittle Deaths Of American Troops
Economist:
The wind goes out of the revolution
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
The Clinton resisters  —  There are women who for varying reasons …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
ABC Nabs Latest Media Player From Bush Team, Matthew Dowd
Discussion: Romenesko