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12:45 PM ET, December 31, 2008

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Alan M. Dershowitz / Christian Science Monitor:
Israel, Hamas, and moral idiocy  —  Much of the world's response is a false moral equivalence that simply encourages the terrorists.  —  Israel's decision to take military action against Hamas rocket attacks targeting its civilian population has been long in coming.
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William Sieghart / Times of London:
We must adjust our distorted image of Hamas  —  Gaza is a secular society where people listen to pop music, watch TV and many women walk the streets unveiled  —  Last week I was in Gaza.  While I was there I met a group of 20 or so police officers who were undergoing a course in conflict management.
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
FLORIDASTAN: ISLAMIC ANTI JEW, PRO-HAMAS RALLY - THE HATRED OF THE GOOD  —  Federal building Broward Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Muslims rally against the Jewish state.  —  It was pandemonium.  Muslims dress in full jihad garb juiced with .... hate.It looked like Halloween in Gaza.
David Grossman / New York Times:
Fight Fire With a Cease-Fire  —  NOW, after the heavy blow that Israel has dealt to the Gaza Strip, we would do best to halt, turn to the leaders of Hamas and tell them: Until last Saturday, we restrained ourselves in responding to the thousands of Qassam rockets fired at us.
Reuters:
TEXT-Netanyahu calls for Hamas's removal in Gaza
Discussion: Townhall.com
BBC:
Israel rejects Gaza truce calls
Discussion: PoliBlog and Feministing
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Volunteer suicide bombers in Iran seeking to attack Israel
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Gateway Pundit
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Davis said thanks, but no thanks  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) would like to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate.  The appointment was dangled before him last Wednesday.  He turned it down.  We discussed why when we talked Tuesday night …
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Ta-Nehisi Coates:
Bobby Rush on CNN  —  Here's Rush arguing for the importance of a black senator.  To which I respond—Nigga, please!!  —  I don't know if I've shifted politically or what.  But after watching a black man named Barack Obama—who couldn't get into the Democratic convention eight years ago …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Chicago Sun Times:
Another bad choice by ethically bankrupt gov
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Chicago Tribune:
Does Senate have authority to block Blagojevich's appointment of Roland Burris?
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Roland Burris: Blago's ‘problems’ not his
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Defiant Governor Picks Obama Successor
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Pyrrhic Torture Trials  —  Should Bush administration officials be put on trial for crimes such as authorizing torture?  —  Personally, I'm just relieved to have this crowd heading out of office and its policies — on torture, on indefinite detention, on warrantless wiretapping …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:   GONZALES FEELS SORRY FOR HIMSELF.... Former Attorney General …
Peter Baker / The Caucus:
Moving Day for the Obamas  —  Even in a town where the hotels are swamped for the inauguration, it turns out to be easy to get a room if you're the one being inaugurated.  —  President-elect Barack Obama and his family will move to Washington this weekend in time for his daughters to start school, aides said Tuesday.
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Obama's Â'One President' Philosophy Is Not One-Fit-All
Discussion: TIME.com
Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
Village Voice Lays Off Nat Hentoff and 2 Others  —  The troubled Village Voice laid off three employees Tuesday, including Nat Hentoff, the prominent columnist who has worked for the paper since 1958, contributing opinionated columns about jazz, civil liberties and politics.
Discussion: Gothamist and Romenesko
Wall Street Journal:
Let Detroit Build Profitable Cars  —  UAW chief Ron Gettelfinger doesn't seem to get the picture.  Let's help him.  —  In the continuing battle over Detroit, UAW chief Ron Gettelfinger doesn't seem to get the picture.  Let's help him.  —  With shareholders virtually wiped …
Discussion: Lean Left and EconLog
Paul Elias / Associated Press:
Influx of black renters raises tension in Bay Area  —  ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) - As more and more black renters began moving into this mostly white San Francisco Bay Area suburb a few years ago, neighbors started complaining about loud parties, mean pit bulls, blaring car radios, prostitution, drug dealing and muggings of schoolchildren.
David Johnston / New York Times:
Lobbyist Sues Times, Citing Report of McCain Ties  —  WASHINGTON — A Washington lobbyist sued The New York Times and several of its reporters and editors Tuesday, charging that the newspaper had falsely created an impression that she had engaged in an improper romantic relationship with Senator John McCain.
Joe / Power Line:
HAMAS H.Q. BOMBED; POWER LINE, TOO  —  Talk about disproportionate response.  Just an hour or so after Power Line posted a series of videos from the Israeli Defense Forces—videos that, as Scott discovered, YouTube had pulled—we experienced a Denial-of-Service attack from a cabal …
Discussion: JTA
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Nobody Goes There Anymore, It's Too Crowded  —  I think trying to build housing in shopping malls is a potentially promising idea.  It's a reminder that I've been meaning for a while to write a post about separating the idea of “walkable urbanism” from the idea of “living in a city.”
 
 
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James Bacchus / Wall Street Journal:
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Re: The Sense of Proportion
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Guardian:
Private firm may track all email and calls
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Rob Hotakainen / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
One group that still is getting a raise — Congress
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Elder of Ziyon:
If the IDF made Hamas-style videos....
Discussion: Boker tov, Boulder!
Washington Post:
Downgrades And Downfall  —  How could a single unit of AIG cause …
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