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10:56 AM 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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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.
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.
Discussion: normblog and Harry's Place
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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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
For sheer brazenness, nobody surpasses Rod  —  Since he was federally charged with trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been wrongly caricatured as some kind of hapless jester prancing on the edge of madness.
The Huffington Post:
Roland Burris Almost Certain To Be Seated, Legal Scholars Say
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Roland Burris: Blago's ‘problems’ not his
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Defiant Governor Picks Obama Successor
Jerusalem Post:
Cabinet rejects French proposal to hold 48-hour cease fire  —  The Security Cabinet on Wednesday rejected a French proposal for a 48-hour suspension of the IDF offensive against Hamas to allow Paris the opportunity to mediate a cease-fire, but Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that the proposal …
Discussion: Hot Air and Israel Matzav
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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 …
Discussion: Salon, Firedoglake and American Street
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
Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
Gonzales Defends Role in Antiterror Policies  —  WASHINGTON — Alberto Gonzales, who has kept a low profile since resigning as attorney general nearly 16 months ago, said he is writing a book to set the record straight about his controversial tenure as a senior official in the Bush administration.
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.
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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.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and Right Wing News
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: Romenesko
New York Times:
For Kennedy, Self-Promotion Is Unfamiliar  —  In her bid to be appointed the next senator from New York, Caroline Kennedy has zigzagged across the state and talked with dozens of officials and community leaders.  She has aired views on topics from the Iraq war to the auto industry bailout and submitted to a round of press interviews.
Washington Post:
Downgrades And Downfall  —  How could a single unit of AIG cause the giant company's near-ruin and become a fulcrum of the global financial crisis?  By straying from its own rules for managing risk and then failing to anticipate the consequences.  —  Third of three parts
Discussion: EconLog and Angry Bear
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
For Some Culprits In Financial Meltdown, Life Is Still Pretty Good  —  This probably won't come as a surprise.  But some of the major culprits in the financial crash — former CEOs or top execs at banks whose billion-dollar losses helped precipitate the turmoil — don't seem to be paying …
Discussion: New York Post and Prairie Weather
 
 
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Mike Majchrowitz / Fox News:
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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....
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Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Russia Aside, Georgia Chief Is Pressed at Home
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
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