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10:05 AM ET, September 8, 2014

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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
The Scottish Independence Vote  —  “A majority of Scots want to live in a center-left society, while a majority of English want to live in a center-right society.”  Why that may be a bigger problem for the United Kingdom than regional splits are for the United States.
Discussion: Eschaton
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Boris Johnson / Telegraph:
Scottish independence: Decapitate Britain, and we kill off the greatest political union ever  —  The Scots are on the verge of an act of self-mutilation that will trash our global identity  —  Right: it's time to speak for Britain.  If these polls are right, then we are on the verge of an utter catastrophe for this country.
Discussion: National Review, Guardian and Samizdata
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Scots, What the Heck?  —  Next week Scotland will hold …
TMZ.com:
Ray Rice — ELEVATOR KNOCKOUT ... Fiancee Takes Crushing Punch (Video)  —  ELEVATOR KNOCKOUT  —  Fiancee Takes Crushing Punch (Video)  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  This is what a two game suspension looks like — Ray Rice delivering a vicious punch to his fiancee's face, knocking her out cold ... and TMZ Sports has the shocking video.
New York Times:
Destroying ISIS May Take Years, U.S. Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing to carry out a phased campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria that may take three years to eventually destroy the terrorist army — requiring a sustained effort that could last until …
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Politico:
The threat to American democracy  —  We are at a pivotal moment in American history.  —  Building the United States of America has been long, arduous and rife with setbacks.  But throughout the years, we have undoubtedly moved toward a more inclusive democracy.  We expanded the right to vote.
Discussion: BillMoyers.com
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David Cole / New York Review of Books:
How Corrupt Are Our Politics?
Discussion: Firedoglake
David Remnick / New Yorker:
World-Weary  —  Even the most forgiving judge of Barack Obama, one willing to overlook his preference for chipping onto the sunlit greens of Martha's Vineyard rather than brooding in the fluorescent glare of the Situation Room, must admit that the President has sometimes been a thick-tongued steward of his own foreign policy.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Johnson ready for clash  —  The big news of the moment is President Obama's decision, revealed Saturday, to delay executive action on immigration reform until after November's midterm elections.  —  But, make no mistake, such action is coming sooner or later.
Washington Post:
How the federal corruption case against the McDonnells came together  —  RICHMOND — On the day after her husband publicly apologized for accepting gifts and loans from a wealthy dietary supplement executive, Maureen McDonnell tearfully summoned her manicurist for a late-night visit to the historic governor's mansion of Virginia.
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
As Two Men Go Free, a Dogged Ex-Prosecutor Digs In  —  LUMBERTON, N.C. — The most memorable moment of the trial that put Henry McCollum and Leon Brown behind bars for three decades for a hideous 1983 rape and murder was a display of brilliant courtroom theatrics.
Discussion: Gawker and Althouse
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Eagerly Put Women At Risk Because Of Politics  —  SHARES  —  I got called “vile” on Twitter the other day, which in itself is nothing new - my fiercely pro-American, pro-freedom, anti-moron agenda is a constant source of outrage for the online world's liberal fascist contingent.
Simone Bridges / Robert Littal Presents …:
Syracuse Soccer Player Calls Classmate “F*ggot N*gger” (Video)  —  Syracuse soccer player Hanna Strong was caught on camera yelling racial and homophobic slurs at one of her classmates.  Strong is a Senior and plays Midfield for The Orange.  The video is quite disturbing.
Theodore B. Olson / Wall Street Journal:
Harry Reid Rewrites the First Amendment  —  When politicians seek to restrict speech, they are invariably trying to protect their own incumbency.
 
 
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NBC News:
Exclusive: Obama Says U.S. Will ‘Hunt Down’ ISIS ‘Wherever They Are’
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WOW: NASTYGRAM FROM THE BROWN CAMPAIGN
Discussion: Fox News
Nick Squires / Telegraph:
Yazidi girl tells of horrific ordeal as Isil sex slave
Economist:
The long game  —  The sad reality is that Vladimir Putin is winning in Ukraine.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Rape and Rotherham  —  THERE are enough grim tidings from around …
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg View:
Could Jim Webb Mount Credible Challenge to Clinton?
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Crime, Bias and Statistics
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
The return of the politics of terror
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
The evolution of Judge Posner on marriage equality
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Sen. Mitch McConnell / Politico:
The Democrats' Assault on Free Speech
Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
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