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Now his double affair laid bare By / NY Daily News — Permalink Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik conducted two extramarital affairs simultaneously, using a secret Battery Park City apartment for the passionate liaisons, the Daily News has learned. His affair with Regan, the stunningly attractive head of her own book publishing company, lasted for almost a year. | |
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Captain Ed: First, the Daily News reveals that Kerik managed to conduct two simultaneous extramarital affairs, using a "secret" corporate-rental apartment. Josh Marshall: The Daily News reports today that not only was Kerik carrying on an affair with Regan but also, at the same time, with city Correction Officer Jeanette Pinero. Steve Gilliard: Shenanigans!!! not the best picture I've seen of her Now his double affair laid bare Kerik cheated on wife with Judith... |
Kevin T. Keith: At the same time, the New York Daily News is reporting that Kerik was conducting not one but two simultaneous... Steve Soto: You see, Kerik, like Rudy, was apparently accomplished at extramarital affairs and using staff to help him run interference for him. Joe Gandelman: This represents a major stumble and every day the scope of the disaster that would have befallen the White House and... |
| Also: Taegan Goddard, The Big Trunk, Steve M., Lorie Byrd, Ed Driscoll, Roger Ailes, David Allan Pell, Tom Tomorrow, Betsy Newmark, Roger L. Simon, Laura Rozen | |
Christian Conservatives Turn to Statehouses By / NYT — Permalink Energized by electoral victories last month that they say reflect wide support for more traditional social values, conservative Christian advocates across the country are pushing ahead state and local initiatives on thorny issues, including same-sex marriage, public education and abortion. | |
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Andrew Sullivan: Missouri State Representative Cynthia Davis, New York Times, today, comparing "liberals" to al Qaeda terrorists. Steve M.: I think a lot more people realize this is our country and we're going to take it back." —New York Times Jesse Taylor: It's Magically Offensive — In the midst of Christian conservatives telling you that they're received orders from God to... |
Josh Marshall: Missouri State Representative Cynthia Davis, as quoted in the Times. McQ: Christian right emboldened by electoral win — The so-called "Christian right" seems to think that based on the results... Kos @DailyKos: Religious wingers refocus on states — After getting credit, rightly or wrongly, for Bush's victory, and after a steady... |
| Also: Sarah Wildman, Taegan Goddard | |
Hillary goes conservative on immigration By / Washington Times — Permalink Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is staking out a position on illegal immigration that is more conservative than President Bush, a strategy that supporters and detractors alike see as a way for the New York Democrat to shake the "liberal" label and appeal to traditionally Republican states. | |
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Deacon: Unfortunately for the rest of us that champion is Hillary Clinton, whose latest move to the right — this time on... Hugh Hewitt: Hillary, on illegal immigration: "I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants. Greg Ransom: HILLARY CLINTON goes Student Body Right on immigration in a spectacular display of open-field running made possible by a... |
Hindrocket: Hillary Tacks Right — The Washington Times notes that Hillary Clinton is positioning herself to the right of President... Michael Graham: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. This is why the Bernard Kerik issue resonates. It has nothing to do with second-guessing the Bush White House vetting process. Michelle Malkin: HILLARY RODHAM BUCHANAN, PART II — The Washington Times picks up on Hillary's tough-on-borders posturing, which I noted several weeks ago here. |
| Also: Taegan Goddard | |
Scott Peterson gets death sentence for murdering his pregnant wife By / AP — Permalink REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) A jury decided Monday that Scott Peterson should be executed for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, whose Christmas Eve disappearance two years ago was the opening act in a legal drama that captivated the nation. | |
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Rickheller @Centerfield: But the levying of the death penalty on Scott Peterson raises this story to a level of serious policy discussion. DJ Drummond: I Guess It was a "Red" Jury In a "Blue" State — Jury unanimous: Scott Peterson receives death sentence. Good decision. |
McQ: Peterson gets death — In case you somehow managed to miss this: [snipped quote] Leave it to the press to have carried this story for 2 years when it didn't deserve 2 days. |
Four Academic Plagiarists You've Never Heard Of: How Many More Are Out There? Chronicle of Higher Education — Permalink Famous scholars get the ink in good times and bad. Stephen E. Ambrose's plagiarism would not have made the news were it not for the millions of books he sold. Few people would have cared about Doris Kearns Goodwin's borrowings had they not seen her on television. | |
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Glenn Reynolds: PLAGIARISM IN THE ACADEMY: Here's an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education. Here's an earlier post on the subject. QD @SouthernAppeal: The Chronicle of Higher Education has a rather revealing look at some rather unknown Plagiarists. (HT: Stuart Buck) |
Betsy Newmark: Here's an article on plagiarism in academic research. A lot of times the plagiarist seems to get away with it unless the victime takes action to publicize the story. Stuart Buck: Plagiarism — A reader sends the following link to a current article in The Chronicle of Higher Education: The... |
Strain Is Seen in Giuliani Ties With President NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 - Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani had a Christmas dinner at the White House on Sunday night, and he attended with an important goal in mind: to apologize to his host for pushing Bernard B. Kerik as homeland security secretary and then... | |
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Steve M.: First, here's The New York Times today on Bush's early response to Giuliani: ...Republicans say that Mr. Bush felt... Steve Soto: The New York Times reports this morning that Rudy is in the doghouse with Bush over his recommending of Kerik for the job, after Rudy himself turned it down. Joe Gandelman: Meanwhile, the New York Times also weighs in with a story noting that although Giuliani doesn't think this will hurt him... |
Kevin T. Keith: Rudy Giuliani personally apologized to Bush the other day for embarrassing him by nominating Kerik to the Homeland Security position. Marcy Wheeler: But that's not working, so as expected, Bush has distanced himself from his one-time terror-busting buddy. Taegan Goddard: Meanwhile, the New York Times notes former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani apologized to President Bush last night for recommending Kerik. |
| Also: Howard Kurtz, Holden, Steve Gilliard, Betsy Newmark | |
CITY, FED PROBES EYE PARDONGATE BILLIONAIRE AS A 'MAJOR PLAYER' IN SADDAM'S SCAM By / New York Post — Permalink WASHINGTON — Billionaire Marc Rich has emerged as a central figure in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal and is under investigation for brokering deals in which scores of international politicians and businessmen cashed in on sweetheart oil deals with Saddam Hussein, The Post has learned. | |
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Charles Johnson: Pardongate Billionaire a "Major Player" — Fugitive billionaire Marc Rich has now been described as a "central figure" in the gigantic United Nations Oil-for-Food rip-off. The Big Trunk: Oh what a web we weave... On a related note, the New York Post helps us remember how we came to loathe President Bush's... KJL: RICH CLINTON LEGACY — No, no, not THAT Rich's Clinton LEGACY. Read about Mark Rich & Oil-for-Food. |
Laura Rozen: Billionaire fugitive Marc Rich: "Investigators say they have received information that Rich and Ben Pollner, a New... Steve M.: I don't care if it's weeks old!" ***** (Here's the article itself. And here's ABC's story from nearly two weeks ago. Glenn Reynolds: UNSCAM UPDATE: [snipped quote] It seems that my initial skepticism regarding this story may have been misplaced. |
| Also: Betsy Newmark | |
Mobsters Bully Terror Suspect in Prison Reuters — Permalink ROME (Reuters) - International terrorism charges and allegations of ties to al Qaeda might be enough to scare away some cellmates, in some countries. But Italian mobsters jailed on the island of Sardinia, apparently outraged by terrorism, beat up an Algerian terror suspect and threatened to kill him unless he got himself transferred to a new prison. | |
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Ace: Mobsters Go Sonny Corleone on Terrorist Dirtbag — God knows I'm not the easiest person in the world to offend, but I... Michelle Malkin: THE MOB TAKES ON AL QAEDA — Reuters reports in Italy: Mobsters Bully Terror Suspect in Prison [snipped quote] Maybe we should try this approach to counterterrorism here. |
KJL: MOBSTERS BULLY — Algerian terror suspect in Italian jail. |
How Daschle Got Blogged Opinion Journal — Permalink Bloggers received a lot of attention for helping to expose the fake documents backing up Dan Rather's "60 Minutes" story on President Bush the Texas Air National Guard. But that's only one of the interesting ways in which the Internet is empowering people and shaping political coverage. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: Bill Frist's finger is on the button. Push it, Senator. John Fund and Howard Kurtz both essay on poliblogging this AM. Betsy Newmark: John Fund talks about how blogs are now playing a role in election campaigns. Todd Pearson: "How Daschle Got Blogged" — This is the title of interesting article by John Fund today. |
The Big Trunk: John Fund meditates on the prospects of the blogosphere in light of events in South Dakota in an excellent piece posted on OpinionJournal: "How Daschle got blogged." Steve Antler: A whole new world... Here's John Fund on blogging, Daschle, and journalism in South Dakota: In July, [Patrick Lalley]... PoliPundit: South Dakota — Much of the credit for unseating Tom Daschle goes to South Dakota bloggers. |
The Chilean Heroes of Social Security Privatizers By / Center for American Progress — Permalink As President Bush and his right-wing congressional allies attempt to destroy the bedrock of retirement security for this and future generations, they will undoubtedly point to the 1981 privatization of Chile's public pension system as a shining example of the possible as President Bush did late last month in a visit to Chile. | |
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Will Wilkinson: Hitler Was a Vegetarian, Pinochet Privatized Social Security, Satan Rides a Bicycle, and Other Irrelevancies — This... |
Matthew Yglesias: Of Guilt By Association I was wondering when someone would point out that it takes a ruthless dictator to privatize a social insurance scheme. |
U.S. Affairs: A Tough Guy Tumbles Newsweek — Permalink Dec. 20 issue - Richard (Bo) Dietl and Bernard Kerik have long been familiar figures in the flashy underside of New York City night life. They could be seen swaggering into Rao's, an exclusive Italian restaurant in Harlem, where mobsters and models and Wall Street masters of the universe drink shots and swap boasts. | |
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Captain Ed: (Newsweek reports that Regan hired bodyguards to keep Kerik away after the affair collapsed.) Taegan Goddard: Newsweek reports an arrest warrant was outstanding for Kerik based on his failure to pay condo fees. |
Kevin T. Keith: MSNBC.com is reporting a long string of cut corners, questionable business deals, and broken rules or broken laws in... Steve M.: I've been thinking that it ought to be possible to handle a dispute over unpaid condo fees without an arrest warrant —... |
McCain: 'No Confidence' in Rumsfeld By / AP — Permalink PHOENIX (AP) - U.S. Sen. John McCain said Monday that he has "no confidence" in Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, citing Rumsfeld's handling of the war in Iraq and the failure to send more troops. | |
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Andrew Sullivan: Maybe this tape is evidence of its progress. MCCAIN AND RUMMY: He's right, of course. |
Joe Drymala: McCain and Rudy — Ogged at Unfogged sees an '08 run telegraphed by McCain's recent interview. |
Social Security benefit cuts eyed By / Boston Globe — Permalink WASHINGTON — President Bush, who has promised that his plan to allow private investment accounts in Social Security would give workers a ''better rate of return," is seriously mulling a companion effort that could cut future promised retirement benefits for... | |
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Max B. Sawicky: FISC-TICUFFS — New evidence of sophistication from the White House: ''You can't compare a modernization to the current... Matthew Yglesias: I thought I'd found another unlikely voice of reason when I read what Grover Norquist told The Boston Globe about... |
Jesse Taylor: Cut Everything And Let Dobson Sort It Out — So, as it turns out, Bush is going to have to cut benefits in any future Social Security reform. |
Minnesota elector breaks ranks, votes for Edwards, not Kerry AP — Permalink One of Minnesota's 10 presidential electors broke from the pack and cast a vote Monday for John Edwards, the Democratic vice presidential running mate for John Kerry. The other nine Minnesota members of the Electoral College voted for Kerry, who won the state's popular vote in November. | |
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Captain Ed: Whichever the case, it does not reflect well on the DFL's efforts to project competence and relevance |
Betsy Newmark: John Kerry is going to get one les electoral vote because one of the Minnesota electors made a mistake and voted for Edwards instead of Kerry. |
Jury Recommends Execution for Peterson By / AP — Permalink REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - A jury decided Monday that Scott Peterson should be executed for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, whose Christmas Eve disappearance two years ago was the opening act in a legal drama that captivated the nation. | |
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Nick Gillespie: So You're Going To Die... Scott Peterson gets the death penalty for the brutal murder of his pregnant wife Laci two years ago on Christmas Eve. |
James Joyner: Update: Jury Recommends Execution for Peterson (AP) "A jury decided Monday that Scott Peterson should be executed for... |
Jury recommends death for Peterson CNN — Permalink REDWOOD CITY, California (CNN) — A jury recommended Monday that Scott Peterson, the former fertilizer salesman whose case grabbed national headlines, be sentenced to death for killing his pregnant wife. | |
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Acidman: But 12 people did, and now Scott is facing the death penalty. "Cheers" may have gone up outside the courtroom after the decision was read, but I wasn't cheering. |
Orin Kerr: Still, it's possibly worth noting that while some are suggesting that we may be heading towards an end of capital... |
Beyond the Rim By / Opinion Journal — Permalink From the beach at Santa Monica on a clear day in fall, with 3,000 miles of this country invisible at one's back, the Pacific horizon is a precisely etched line empty of event and set in alluring color. But beyond the rim lie two things now tightly interwoven: China, and the destiny of the United States. | |
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Steve Bainbridge: In an Opinion Journal op-ed, Mark Helprin observed that about the time "China does develop the powerful expeditionary... Hugh Hewitt: Mark Helprin warns that China is on the march, and he doesn't mean towards the Olympics. |
Tom Karako: Helprin's Strategic Clarity — Mark Helprin articulates the growing threat from China in this fine piece published today... |
McCain Has 'No Confidence' in Rumsfeld By / AP — Permalink PHOENIX - U.S. Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) said Monday that he has "no confidence" in Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, citing Rumsfeld's handling of the war in Iraq and the failure to send more troops. | |
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Captain Ed: McCain: Still No Confidence In Rumsfeld — In an indication to everyone except the John Kerry Perpetual Campaign For... |
Steve Soto: Today, albeit a little late, it was John McCain's turn. Save it Senator. |
Report: Pedro agrees to terms with Mets Boston Globe — Permalink It appears Pedro Martinez has pitched his final game in a Red Sox uniform. Indications this afternoon were that the Mets had added a guaranteed fourth year to their offer to Pedro Martinez, and, according to the Boston Herald, Martinez has reportedly agreed on terms to a four-year contract to join the Mets. | |
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Michele Catalano: Thank you santa, for not bringing me pedro — Word around town is Pedro is going to sign with the Mets today (FAN is reporting that it's thisclose to happening). |
KJL: PEDRO to the Mets? |
GOP May Target Use of Filibuster WaPo — Permalink As speculation mounts that Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will step down from the Supreme Court soon because of thyroid cancer, Senate Republican leaders are preparing for a showdown to keep Democrats from blocking President Bush's judicial nominations, including a replacement for Rehnquist. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: A front-page article in the Washington Post is on the "nuclear option" in the Senate. Bill Frist's finger is on the button. Eugene Oregon: Once Again — Republicans continue to mull over the use of the "nuclear option" to end the Democrats' power to filibuster judicial nominees. |
Jack Balkin: Nuclear Politics JB There are more hints (this from the Washington Post) that the Republicans in the Senate will try... |
Becks nativity smashed to pieces This Is London — Permalink The controversial waxwork Nativity scene depicting David and Victoria Beckham as Joseph and Mary has been wrecked in an attack. Wax models of the stars, worth 50,000 each, suffered "extensive damage" when a young man attacked the display at Madame Tussauds. | |
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Steve M.: In England, it seems that someone just committed an act of moral-values hooliganism, acting on the premise that wax... |
Steve Gilliard: Becks is not Jesus — If he were Jesus, Real Madrid wouldn't be in the middle of the table Becks nativity smashed to... |
The Academic Ego Game By / TCS — Permalink "A Democrat on the Berkeley faculty, George Lakoff, who teaches linguistics...said that liberals choose academic fields to fit their worldviews. "'Unlike conservatives,' he said, 'they believe in working for the public good and social justice, as well as knowledge and art for their own sake."' | |
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Greg Ransom: THIS RINGS TRUE to me — Arnold Kling on The Academic Ego Game. Glenn Reynolds: ARNOLD KLING: [snipped quote] — That's true, though I took about a 60% pay cut when I left law practice to become a law professor. |
Paul @SouthernAppeal: Academic Bias: An Alternative View: Arnold Kling refutes George Lakoff's explanation of left-wing bias in his Tech Central Station column. |
Ohio Electors Vote Despite Challenge By / AP — Permalink COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio delegation to the Electoral College cast its votes for President Bush on Monday, hours after dissident groups asked the state Supreme Court to review the outcome of the state's presidential race. | |
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Michael Froomkin: Much to-ing and fro-ing in Ohio:The Ohio Supreme Court was asked to step inThe state's electors, however, have already... |
Captain Ed: BREATHLESS, SIREN-SIGNIFIED UPDATE: The grown-ups thankfully remain in charge: "The Ohio delegation to the Electoral... |
How to Approach Iran WaPo — Permalink The following article was signed by Madeleine Albright, secretary of state in the Clinton administration, and by seven former foreign ministers: Robin Cook of Britain, Hubert Vedrine of France, Lamberto Dini of Italy, Lloyd Axworthy of Canada, Niels Helveg Petersen of Denmark, Ana Palacio of Spain and Jozias van Aartsen of the Netherlands. | |
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Dale Franks: Dealing with Iran — In an op/ed article signed by Madeleine Albright, secretary of state in the Clinton administration,... KJL: THAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS MULLAHS QUAKING IN THEIR BOOTS — From "How to Approach Iran" in today's Washington Post, signed... |
Tarek @LiquidList: We should be the subject of universal scorn. Oddly, everyone just sort of shrugs their shoulders, and writes an op-ed. |
Comptroller Says Personal Accounts Not Panacea By / Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The creation of personal investment accounts advocated by President Bush would not be a cure-all for the problems facing Social Security, which needs other reforms as well, the U.S. comptroller general said on Monday. | |
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DeLong: Grownup Republican Watch — An endangered species, but they are out there. |
Susan Madrak: OFF MESSAGE — Bet this guy'll be looking for a new job soon: [snipped quote] Obviously, this man's a disloyal SOB, what with letting facts get in the way of politics. |
Bush nominates Leavitt for health secretary CNN — Permalink (CNN) — President Bush has nominated EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt to replace Tommy Thompson as Health and Human Services secretary. Before joining the Environmental Protection Agency in November 2003, Leavitt, 53, was governor of Utah for 11 years. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Medical Marijuana Group Lobbies New HHS Chief — Michael Leavit was nominated today by President Bush to be our new... |
Chris Mooney: Uh-Oh — The EPA chief, Mike Leavitt, is moving over to Health and Human Services. |
Unlikely Dallas sheriff-elect ready to lead By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink DALLAS - Her friends joke that she does not look like a sheriff. "You know the picture: big gut, hat, spitting tobacco in a cup," said Susan Hayes, chairwoman of the Dallas County Democratic Party. | |
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Byron LaMasters: Anyway, the Houston Chronicle has a good article about Valdez today, so check it out. Via Kuff. |
Charles Kuffner: Lupe Valdez — Nice article on Lupe Valdez, the new Sheriff of Dallas County. |
Freedom Blooms By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Last Tuesday hundreds of Afghan leaders and some 150 foreign dignitaries, including Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, got to witness a historic event; the swearing in of Afghanistan's first democratically elected president, Hamid Karzai: | |
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Jeff @BeautifulAtrocities: One day, I even want to direct my own film." —14-year-old Marina Gulbahari, star of Osama From Arthur Chrenkoff's... Arthur Chrenkoff: Good News from Afghanistan, Dec 13/04 — Note: Also available from the "Opinion Journal" and Chrenkoff. FrancoAlemán: NEW CHAPTER of Arthur Chrenkoff's Good News from Afghanistan series; by email, Arthur writes, [snipped quote] You can find the whole thing here, at OpinionJournal. |
Greyhawk: The latest round-up of positive developments from Afghanistan is available on: Chrenkoff Opinion Journal Winds of Change Thanks for your help in spreading the good news. Cori Dauber: Because, as critical as it is to know the bad news to understand the situation, when you balance that with the various... Jan Haugland: Not the mainstream news — Arthur Chrenkoff has written more about good news from Afghanistan. |
| Also: Tully @Centerfield, Glenn Reynolds | |
Report leans toward women in combat By / Washington Times — Permalink Internal Army documents advocate changing Pentagon rules on mixed-sex units in a way that critics say will risk placing female soldiers in ground-combat situations. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: The Washington Times' Rowan Scarborough reports on an internal Army report that some critics argue is a camouflaged move towards putting women into combat. |
Nick Gillespie: "Whole thing here. It's about time that women who make the cut get to, as the old bumper sticker put it, "Join the army:... |
Why it took soldiers to put Rumsfeld on the defense By / Salon — Permalink Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's rude reality check on Wednesday — broadcast worldwide during a town-hall-style Q&A session with surprisingly blunt Army reservists in Kuwait — generated headlines in part because it's so rare for Army grunts to challenge the Pentagon leadership in public. | |
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David Allan Pell: The Up-Armored Secretary — Salon's Eric Boehlart echoes a point I tried to make in regard to the questioning of Donald... |
Howard Kurtz: But Salon's Eric Boehlert has a decidedly negative view: "Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's rude reality check on... |
White House Says Its Review of Nominee Was Thorough By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 - Senior administration officials on Sunday defended the White House review of Bernard B. Kerik's background before his nomination as secretary of homeland security. One official said that even "controversial" material uncovered in a weeklong review had not appeared to endanger Mr. Kerik's confirmation. | |
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Kevin T. Keith: What is wrong with these idiots? By the way . . . Who vetted Kerik for this job inside the White House? Taegan Goddard: The New York Times notes the White House defended its background checks on Kerik and denies the nomination was "rushed." Josh Marshall: From the Cash-n-Kerik-Catch-Up front, in the Monday Times piece by David Sanger, White House officials, including Scott... |
Joe Gandelman: The New Yorks Times: ""Senior administration officials on Sunday defended the White House review of Bernard B. Kerik's..." Holden: link. "in interviews, the officials denied that the white house review of mr. kerik's background had been rushed. KJL: DEFENDING THE VETTING — The White House defends the Kerik vetting process, claiming they knew all the stories—just not the housekeeper. |
Army Repair Posts Scramble To Keep the Troops Equipped By / WaPo — Permalink TEXARKANA, Tex. — In muddy gravel lots, along weedy railroad tracks and in grassy fields, the flotsam of war is washing up at a sprawling Army-run repair post: five- and 10-ton trucks, road graders, river boats, forklifts, coils of tank track, piles of road... | |
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Norbizness: Story 2: In fiscal 2004, which ended Sept. 30, the military spent $2.2 billion to repair tanks, trucks and other... Kos @DailyKos: Nearly $150 billion and counting. [snipped quote] That's $100 billion more than the $150 billion already spent. Atrios: oy. Twenty-one months after U.S. forces entered Iraq, the Defense Department is only now coming to terms with the equipment shortages caused by the prolonged fighting there. |
Steve Soto: But the true poison pill for the GOP may not only be these ill-fated political hari-kari moves, but the upcoming request for another $100 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan. Cori Dauber: Here's a great Post article, describing both the amount of work that goes into keeping the Army's equipment usable, and... |
A repugnant timepiece, a great story, an endangered word, and more NRO — Permalink I don't mean to start — or continue — a Guevara Glorification Watch, but a reader did send me something interesting: and outrageous. Behold a bauble sold by the New York Public Library: here. It is a wristwatch featuring the visage of Guevara, and the word "REVOLUTION." | |
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Betsy Newmark: What kind of mixed up mind that would be? Meanwhile, Jay Nordlinger notes another Che trendy piece. |
Damian Penny: Long live a free, democratic, prosperous Poland. Update: I wonder how well Che wristwatches sell in Poland? |
Beyond the Disclosure About Kerik's Nanny, More Questions Were Lurking NYT — Permalink While serving as New York City correction commissioner in the late 1990's, Bernard B. Kerik spoke to the city's Trade Waste Commission on behalf of a close friend who was helping a company suspected of mob connections try to get a license from the city, according to a former commission executive. | |
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Captain Ed: The New York Times picked up on another potential problem in Kerik's administration in NYC, first reported by the Daily News. Josh Marshall: They seem to be stipulating to their knowing about and being untroubled by a) Kerik's long-standing ties to an allegedly... |
Kevin T. Keith: The New York Times today is reporting that Kerik used his NYC government position to influence city contracts in favor... Oliver Willis: Beyond the Disclosure About Kerik's Nanny, More Questions Were Lurking "While serving as New York City correction... |
Bush's closed door By / Townhall.com — Permalink Rocco Buttiglione, the internationally esteemed Italian philosopher and statesman, visited Washington last week. Doors were opened to this Italian cabinet member and devout Catholic as a courageous exemplar of conservative Western ideals against the European Union's leftist ruling establishment. | |
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The Big Trunk: I don't want to believe the gist of his column today: "Bush's closed door." |
Betsy Newmark: Robert Novak is right in chastising the White House for not meeting with Rocco Buttiglione when he just visited Washington, D.C. |
Kerik to return to job with Giuliani's firm By / Newsday — Permalink Bernard Kerik, the former nominee for Homeland Security secretary, will return to work at Giuliani Partners "in the very near future," a spokeswoman for the Manhattan consulting firm said yesterday. | |
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Kevin T. Keith: Barely 12 hours later it was announced that Kerik will be returning to his old job at Giuliani's security-consulting firm. Jeralyn Merritt: Bernie Kerik to Return to Giuliani & Partners — A spokesman for Giuliani & Partners says Bernie Kerik will be back at work for the firm shortly. |
Taegan Goddard: Nonetheless, Newsday Giuliani will welcome Kerik back to work at his consulting firm, Giuliani Partners. |
A Hostile Land Foils the Quest for bin Laden NYT — Permalink Hunting for Osama bin Laden, the C.I.A. established a series of small, covert bases in the rugged mountain frontier of northwest Pakistan in late 2003. Mr. bin Laden, the terrorist leader, was being sheltered there by local tribesmen and foreign militants, the... | |
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Cori Dauber: A hard one. David Allan Pell: That Pesky Bin Laden — Here is the latest on the search for bin Laden from the NY Times: More than three years after... |
Steve Soto: At a time when we are being told there is no money for our own people here at home, and that Medicaid, Medicare, and... Armando @DailyKos: The WoT: The Search for bin Laden — Apparently one of the biggest problems we have in battling al Qaida and capturing... |
Pentagon Weighs Use of Deception in a Broad Arena NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 - The Pentagon is engaged in bitter, high-level debate over how far it can and should go in managing or manipulating information to influence opinion abroad, senior Defense Department civilians and military officers say. | |
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Cori Dauber: THE UNRESOLVED DILEMNA — Several weeks after the LA Times (that must make the newsroom happy) the New York Times' lead... Tom Tomorrow: Here we go again — Haven't we heard this one somewhere before? |
Ann Althouse: The NYT reports on Pentagon debates about the use of disinformation to "influence opinion abroad," which could involve... Steve Gilliard: Let's make s**t up yes, Sadr f**ks sheep, we have the photos Pentagon Weighs Use of Deception in a Broad Arena By THOM... |
Getting Serious About Syria By / Weekly Standard — Permalink "WE WILL pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime." | |
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Kevin Drum: First, here is Spencer Ackerman on the future of our military presence in Iraq: "Forgive me if I indulge in a brief rant. Laura Rozen: Bill Kristol thinks we should do Syria next: "Of course we also have—the world also has—an Iran problem, and a Saudi problem, and lots of other problems. |
Matthew Yglesias: Via Laura Rozen I see that Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol wants to put a stop to all this loose talk of Iran and... |
GOP Is Ready for Filibuster Battle WaPo — Permalink As speculation mounts that Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will step down soon because of thyroid cancer, Senate Republican leaders are preparing for a showdown to keep Democrats from blocking President Bush's judicial nominations, including a replacement for Rehnquist. | |
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Kriston @BeggingToDiffer: ON "OBSTRUCTIONISM" — Since Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has hinted that he may unleash the nuclear... David Allan Pell: Majority leader Bill Frist has still indicated that he may resort to a procedural "nuclear option ... One way or another, the filibuster of judicial nominees must end." Nathan Hallford: Ready For Battle: The Washington Post reports that GOP Senators are preparing to do what's necessary to end judicial nomination filibusters. |
Sarah Posner: Democrats Continue to Wimp Out On Filibusters — In today's Washington Post, there is yet another report on the... Betsy Newmark: The Washington Post says that the Republicans in Congress are closer to exercising the so-called nuclear option in ending filibusters of judicial nominations. |
Justice Thomas' Line to the Deepest Bedrock By / LAT — Permalink His philosophy on God-given rights is the last hope for the Constitution. When asked recently what he thought of Justice Clarence Thomas, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid told Tim Russert on NBC's "Meet the Press," "I just don't think that he's done a good job as a Supreme Court justice." | |
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Jack Balkin: Thomas Kannawitter, by contrast, argues that Thomas is a great Justice because he believes in a natural law underlying... Steve Verdon: Does Kevin think that because Thomas believes in a creator and that is the source of our rights that Thomas cannot... Ken Masugi: Krannawitter on Justice Thomas in the LA Times — Claremont Institute VP Tom Krannawitter does a fine job of getting to... |
Von @ObsidianWings: (Thomas Krannawitter, writing in the L.A. Times in praise of Justice Clarence Thomas.) "Coming from a priest or a preacher, this would be fine. Brian Weatherson: Accuracy in Quotation — Kevin Drum links to Thomas Krannawitter's interesting defence of Clarence Thomas's jurisprudence. Kieran Healy: Our Law and God's — As Brian notes (via Kevin Drum), there are some people who think that [Clarence] Thomas is one of... |
| Also: Chris Lawrence, Betsy Newmark, Kevin Drum | |
A Tough Guy Tumbles Newsweek — Permalink Dec. 20 issue - Richard (Bo) Dietl and Bernard Kerik have long been familiar figures in the flashy underside of New York City night life. They could be seen swaggering into Rao's, an exclusive Italian restaurant in Harlem, where mobsters and models and Wall Street masters of the universe drink shots and swap boasts. | |
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Steve M.: '" By contrast, Newsweek says that Bush was quite taken with Kerik when he got to know him, citing Kerik's "willingness... Joe Gandelman: Newsweek suggests the White House shrugged off some negatives and Bush personally liked his him, dismissing news reports as the press just not liking Kerik. Mary @LeftCoaster: In fact, as Newsweek reports, the major blame goes to the President who liked Kerik's image. No wonder Kerik was such a pitiful choice. |
Steve Gilliard: A Tough Guy Tumbles He's run a cop shop and dodged bullets in Iraq. Howard Kurtz: And Newsweek opens another can of worms: "Consider, for instance, Kerik's relationship with Judith Regan. Josh Marshall: Meanwhile, Newsweek brings us some news on the rapid departure from Baghdad ... [snipped quote] Of all the sources I... |
News finds Kerik in cash conflict By / NY Daily News — Permalink Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik accepted thousands of dollars in cash and gifts without making proper public disclosures, a Daily News investigation has revealed. | |
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Zachary Roth: (New York Daily News) - "A New Jersey judge had issued an arrest warrant for him in 1998 as part of a lawsuit over unpaid bills on a property he owned." Marcy Wheeler: On how we narrowly avoided corruption but not pork — Well, now that we've discovered that Bernard Kerik has mob ties,... Joe Gandelman: According to an investigation by the Daily News, Kerik also accepted a slew of cash and gifts and didn't disclose them... |
Steve Soto: Yet as Josh Marshall points out, this "moral values" White House was still willing to push Kerik through a confirmation... Taegan Goddard: A New York Daily News investigation, Kerik "accepted thousands of dollars in cash and gifts without making proper public disclosures." Steve M.: Cue up the Sopranos soundtrack: Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik accepted thousands of dollars in... |
| Also: Steve Gilliard, Lambert @Corrente, Josh Marshall | |
NOMINATION CATASTROPHE WON'T STICK TO RUDY IN '08 By / New York Post — Permalink DID Rudy Giuliani do himself any damage because of his enthusiastic advocacy of Bernard Kerik's flame-out nomination to head the nation's homeland-security effort? | |
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Joe Gandelman: [quote]"Nobody at the White House is saying to themselves, 'Damn that Rudy Giuliani.' It's more, 'Well, he got his licks.' " [end quote]... Michelle Malkin: And John Podhoretz says Rudy Giuliani, who pushed the Kerik nomination, won't suffer any blowback. I disagree. |
Joe Drymala: And pundits are openly discussing the potential damage — or not — that the Kerik business has done to Rudy's presidential chances. KJL: KERIK WON'T HURT RUDY — John Podhoretz says no one will remember come 2008. (Sounds right—probably even if something worse than the housekeeper comes out.) |
Inside the Kerik mess Newsday — Permalink In the 48 hours before his withdrawal as nominee for the nation's top security post, Bernard Kerik and his lawyer scrambled to keep damaging assertions about his past out of the public spotlight. | |
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David Allan Pell: The latest chapter is served up by Newsday: In the 48 hours before his withdrawal as nominee for the nation's top... Joe Gandelman: IN FACT, let's just say that this could have turned out to have been one of the most controversial in recent political... Lambert @Corrente: Let's even forget (4) that Kerik's being sued for trying to ruin a subordinate's career after the subordinate... |
Howard Kurtz: Newsday says yet another problem was brewing: "In the 48 hours before his withdrawal as nominee for the nation's top... Steve M.: Newsday again mentions the case of Eric DeRavin, a deputy warden who says that then-corrections commissioner Kerik... Josh Marshall: Yep, just a problem with the nanny (from Newsday) ... "In the 48 hours before his withdrawal as nominee for the... |
How the Front Lines Came to the Rear By / NYT — Permalink UNDER questioning from an American soldier wanting to know why he was forced to use "hillbilly armor" on his truck, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld could only admit to his troops that they lacked the right stuff: "You go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time." | |
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Mark Leon Goldberg: As Phil Carter portrayed in his op-ed yesterday, compared to any previous American conflict, combat troops share a more... James Joyner: Modern Wars Have No Front Lines — Phil Carter has an excellent op-ed column in yesterday's NYT entitled, "How the Front Lines Came to the Rear." Cori Dauber: Update: Speaking of acquisiton, in an oped, Philip Carter has a really insightful piece that points to the real problem here. |
Matthew Yglesias: The Op-Ed You Actually Need To Read. Phil Carter on the vanishing front line Phillip Carter: When the front lines come to the rear area — The Army must adapt its tables of organization and equipment to reflect... Greyhawk: Big Time — MilBlogger (Intel Dump) Phil Carter on the armor issue (and transformation in light of the the evolution in... |
Candidate's Chief of Staff Suspects 'KGB Experts' in Poisoning ABCNEWS — Permalink Dec. 12, 2004 — A Ukrainian presidential candidate's chief of staff believes "Soviet Union ... sort of KGB experts" were behind a plot to poison his candidate, the aide told ABC News' "Good Morning America" today. | |
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Tarek @LiquidList: Politics: Here's One Conspiracy Theory I Believe — As frightening as it seems, I pretty much believe that some elements... Joe Gandelman: To All Those Who Think OUR Elections Are Dirty — It certainly sounds like democracy has a long way to go in the former Soviet Union. Libertarian: Some things never change? Maybe they just changed a few names? |
Ace: KGB/SVR Poisoned Yushchenko? So much for "looking into the soul" of Putin. Seems like the Cold War is on again, doesn't it? Lorie Byrd: ABC News reports that the [snipped quote] This is truly one of the most bizarre political stories that I've ever seen. |
Transcript for Dec. 12 MSNBC — Permalink PLEASE CREDIT ANY QUOTES OR EXCERPTS FROM THIS NBC TELEVISION PROGRAM TO "NBC NEWS' MEET THE PRESS." This is a rush transcript provided for the information and convenience of the press. Accuracy is not guaranteed. In case of doubt, please check with: | |
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Steve Bainbridge: On Meet the Press on Sunday, General Barry McCaffery opined: [snipped quote] (I'm still not crazy about retired generals as talking heads, but that seems to be a lost cause.) Ann Althouse: Howard Dean was on "Meet the Press" today, and Tim Russert brought up the statements Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid made last week about Justice Scalia. |
Taegan Goddard: Dean Steps Up Campaign for DNC Chair — Appearing Meet the Press, Howard Dean "made a national pitch to head the... |
'Scrounging' for Iraq war puts GIs in jail By / Chicago Tribune — Permalink COLUMBUS, Ohio — Six reservists, including two veteran officers who had received Bronze Stars, were court-martialed for what soldiers have been doing as long as there have been wars—scrounging to get what their outfit needed to do its job in Iraq. | |
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Norbizness: Story 4: Six reservists, including two veteran officers who had received Bronze Stars, were court-martialed for what... Roger Ailes: A Patriot Named Kaus — Here's the story of a Kaus who served the U.S. during war, as opposed to a Kaus who went to... |
Lambert @Corrente: Reservists court-martialled for midnight requestions — Way to support the troops, guys. |
Abbas apology to Kuwait over Iraq BBC — Permalink Senior Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has apologised for the Palestinians' support of Saddam Hussein during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Mr Abbas made the apology after arriving in the emirate on Sunday. | |
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Jan Haugland: Abbas to Kuwait: Sorry — PA presidential hopeful Mahmoud Abbas has visited Kuwait, and issued an unprecedented and... James Joyner: Palestinians Apologize to Kuwait for Supporting Hussein — Abbas apology to Kuwait over Iraq (BBC) "Senior Palestinian... KJL: ABBAS apologizes to Kuwait. |
Dany Belinfante: 'Palestinians' change colors once more — Treacherous even for an Arab, Holocaust denier 'Palestinian' chairman Abu... Pejman Yousefzadeh: But still, long overdue: "Senior Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has apologised for the Palestinians' support of Saddam Hussein during the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. |
Kerik's troubling ties By / NY Daily News — Permalink When he headed the city's jails, Bernard Kerik became deeply entangled with a New Jersey construction company long under fire for its alleged mob ties, a Daily News investigation found. | |
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Joe Gandelman: UPDATE: It could have gotten A LOT UGLIER: The New York Daily News investivative story links Kerik to a company that is said to be linked to the mob. SLZoll: A Kerik update for today, courtesy of the NY Daily News : When he headed the city's jails, Bernard Kerik became deeply... Lambert @Corrente: UPDATE More from The Daily News. |
Steve M.: Oops — I almost left out the best stuff, from a Daily News sidebar: ...Kerik recommended his close friend, Lawrence... Steve Gilliard: Links to company in mobster probe By RUSS BUETTNER DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER From left, Lawrence Ray, Bernard Kerik, Frank... |
Don't Discredit Climate Change WaPo — Permalink Juliet Eilperin's Dec. 2 news story on climate change, "Humans May Double the Risk of Heat Waves," is the latest example of the media's "he said, she said" treatment of what reputable scientists say is one of the greatest threats to the human race. | |
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Chris Mooney: Frank Lautenberg Makes My Argument (Though Not Very Well) In a letter to the editor, the Senator from New Jersey goes... The Poor Man: He Sat Right Down And Wrote Himself A Letter — Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) sends a nice letter to the lobotomized castrati who edit the Washington Post: [snipped quote] Word. |
Digby: Lobotomized Castrati — The Poor Man says, "Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) sends a nice letter to the lobotomized castrati who... |
In Damascus, they voted for George W. Bush By / Lebanon Daily Star — Permalink While the results of this year's American election may have liberal Democrats and much of the extended international community shaking their heads in disbelief, a surprising number of Arabs seem to have not only expected President George W. Bush's return to power but also supported it. | |
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Greyhawk: Tyler responds, and provides quote two: "But doesn't he scare you?" I asked finally, unable to contain my personal feelings and throwing the lesson plan out the window. Clayton Cramer: Interesting article by a liberal Democrat teaching English in Damascus, Syria: "Since I began teaching in Damascus six... |
Glenn Reynolds: PERHAPS THE MIDDLE EAST WILL BECOME PART OF RED AMERICA: [snipped quote] Well, he did say he wanted to be a uniter, not a divider. |
Social Security Reform, With One Big Catch By / NYT — Permalink OF all the arguments being made to replace part of Social Security with private retirement accounts, few are more seductive and more misleading than the prospect of earning higher returns. | |
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Tom Maguire: The current informed speculation is that they will focus on the higher returns available in the stock market. Big Mistake! Brad @ShrillBlog: "The New York Times > Business > Your Money > Economic View: Social Security Reform, With One Big Catch: OF... |
DeLong: The Bush administration and Social Security Actuary Steve Goss are committing financial malpractice by pretending these... |
Redefining Liberalism By / WaPo — Permalink Some liberals simply cannot control their reflex to look down their upturned noses at the American electorate. Writing in the American Prospect, a liberal monthly of which he is co-editor, Robert Kuttner, in a thoughtful analysis of Democrats' difficulties... | |
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Matthew Yglesias: David Brooks. If you're not embracing Bush's Social Security plans, it must be because you're a communist. George Will. James Joyner: Redefining Liberalism — George Will weighs in on the recent intra-liberal debate between the American Prospect's Robert Kuttner and the New Republic's Peter Beinart. Pejman Yousefzadeh: . . And George Will states the obvious: [snipped quote] Look, I don't care how upset the 2004 election makes you. |
Digby: One word of advice. When George Will backs your ideas you need to rethink your position. Robert Prather: The rectal chapeau brigade — George Will has a good column on the problems that face the Democratic Party these days: [snipped quote] Will is right, again. Betsy Newmark: Today George Will throws his support behind Beinart's cause. |
| Also: Joe Gandelman, Cliff May, Greg Ransom | |
South America Seeks to Fill the World's Table By / NYT — Permalink LUCAS DO RIO VERDE, Brazil - Almost overnight, South America has driven a historic global shift in food production that is turning the largely untapped frontier heartland of the continent into the world's new breadbasket. | |
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Randy Paul: South America Feeding the World — The Times also has this article about the growth of South America as an agriculture producer. Tom Maguire: This story about South America's plan to feed the world strikes me as deeply significant: [snipped quote] Malthus cannot catch a break. |
Tyler Cowen: Today it is seventh on the list. Here is the full story, NYT password required. |
Inside Kerik's Fall By / Time — Permalink In calculating his odds of getting confirmed as Secretary of Homeland Security, former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik and his advisers had reckoned they could handle the issue of Kerik's reputation for occasional lapses of judgment in personal matters. | |
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Michelle Malkin: A few other thoughts on Bernard Kerik's withdrawal : First, it puts an end to feminist complaints that only women nominees are penalized for having "nanny problems." |
Lambert @Corrente: Say no more, Rudy! Great Quotations of Our Time. |
The liberalism of 1947 By / Townhall.com — Permalink WASHINGTON — Some liberals simply cannot control their insuppressible reflex to look down their upturned noses at the American electorate. Writing in The American Prospect, a liberal monthly of which he is co-editor, Robert Kuttner, in a thoughtful analysis... | |
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Deacon: Experience counts — George Will doubts that the Democrats can find their way back to the anti-totalitarian liberalism... |
Ed Driscoll: Via Barry Johnson, we find George Will praising the liberalism of 1947: "In 1947, Americans for Democratic Action was... |
Marine Chooses Wedding Ring Over Finger AP — Permalink VICTORVILLE, Calif. - When Marine Lance Cpl. David Battle learned he'd either have to sacrifice his ring finger or the wedding band he wore, he told doctors at a field hospital in Iraq to cut off the finger. | |
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Steve Gilliard: Marine chooses wedding ring over finger - - - - - - - - - - - - "Dec. 12, 2004 | VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) — When Marine Lance Cpl. |
Joe Gandelman: When This Marine Took His Wedding Vows..... ...he was not fooling around. |
25 Years Later, a Different Type of Revolution By / WaPo — Permalink TEHRAN — Victoria's Secret has arrived in Tehran. So have the Gap, Diesel, Benetton and Black & Decker. A quarter-century after a mass movement inspired by Islam ended 2,500 years of monarchy, Iran's revolutionary society is moving on. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: IRAN TODAY — A reader alerted me to this story regarding Iran. Betsy Newmark: Robin Wright paints a very different picture of Iran than you might imagine. "Victoria's Secret has arrived in Tehran. |
KJL: HEAVENLY TEHRAN — They have Farenheit 9/11! (We knew this, just pointing out the Washington Post's choice today of movie to highlight a "new revolution" in Iran). |
Barghouti Drops Out of Palestinian Election By / WaPo — Permalink JERUSALEM, Dec. 12 — Associates of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences on terrorism charges in an Israeli jail, said Sunday night that he is withdrawing from the Jan. 9 election for president of the Palestinian Authority. | |
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Jan Haugland: Berghouti drops out of race, again — Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has withdrawn from the presidential race, for the second time. |
Gregory Djerejian: Barghouti Out — Good news. A schism within Fatah would not have been helpful at this juncture. |
Save the world, ignore global warming By / Telegraph — Permalink Global warming has become the obsession of our time. From governments and campaigners meeting for the climate summit in Buenos Aires right now we hear the incessant admonition: making global warming our first priority is the moral test of our age. | |
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Dean Esmay: I recently read Bjorn Lomberg's Save The World, Ignore Global Warming and was rather amused by it. I'm sure it sent feathers flying. Chris Bertram: Global warming and foreign aid — Bjorn Lomborg has a column in today's Sunday Telegraph arguing that it would be much... |
John Quiggin: Now Lomborg has revealed his priorities. Chris points to an article by Lomborg in the Telegraph. |
IAEA Leader's Phone Tapped By / WaPo — Permalink The Bush administration has dozens of intercepts of Mohamed ElBaradei's phone calls with Iranian diplomats and is scrutinizing them in search of ammunition to oust him as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to three U.S. government officials. | |
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Tarek @LiquidList: The terrible thing about the relationship the U.S. and Russia have had over the years is that they just get to a point... Josh Marshall: Advertisement The Post reports tomorrow that Bush administration officials have been busily poring over transcripts of... Gregory Djerejian: Check out this story out about telephone intercepts being reviewed for evidence of overly pro-Iranian leanings. |
David Adesnik: LEAKS, TAPS AND PLANTS: Why is the US tapping Mohammed El Baradei's phone? Perhaps more importantly, who told the Washington Post about it? Captain Ed: A Stupid (And Apparently Public) Gamble — The Washington Post reports today that the US has tapped IAEA chief Mohammed... David Allan Pell: And the case of the tap on Mohamed ElBaradei's phone suggests that it extends to the international community as well. |
Kerik, lawyer tried to conceal claims New York Newsday — Permalink In the 48 hours before his withdrawal as nominee for the nation's top security post, Bernard Kerik and his lawyer scrambled to keep damaging assertions about his past out of the public spotlight. | |
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Zachary Roth: (Newsday) - "In the three years since Mr. Kerik left city government, he has made millions of dollars in the private... Atrios: Knuckleheads — On Thursday, Kerik was testifying in a "civil lawsuit about an alleged affair with a subordinate" (and subsequent abuse of power). |
Steve Gilliard: How did they name him? f**k, no payday Kerik, lawyer tried to conceal claims BY Dan Janison And Graham Rayman STAFF... |
France in Pain By / WaPo — Permalink After recently spending nearly two weeks in Paris and having many conversations with old friends from France's national security elite, I conclude that intellectually, most French want the Bush administration to succeed in Iraq. But emotionally, many want it to fail. | |
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Andrew Olmsted: Very mixed feelings (link requires registration), according to Robert Blackwill, who says France's intellect is warring with her heart over America's Iraq war. Cori Dauber: A DIFFERENT TAKE ON FRANCE — Here's a piece on how the French heads and hearts are pulling in different directions on Iraq, and what we need to do about it. |
Gregory Djerejian: But emotionally, many want it to fail." Bob Blackwill writing in today's WaPo. P.S. Is it just me, or is Blackwill's prose a bit odd? |
Start a Winning Blog WaPo — Permalink When "Web" and "log" were combined to form the word "blog" in 1999, few foresaw the power these online journals would wield. Now, blogs number near 4 million and deal with every conceivable topic — from favorite recipes to education reform to Mick Jagger sightings. | |
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Jon Henke: How Not to Suck, and other valuable lessons — Like Pavlov ringing a bell, the WaPo writes a story on blogging... Bill @INDCJournal: "How To Start a Winning Blog" — I make a small contribution to a brief WaPo primer on blogging. Jim Treacher: Newspaper Guy Understands Blogging — Among the tips for being the awesomest blogger possible, from Mike Peed... |
Roger Ailes: If you want to start a successful weblog, like this one, Washington Post writer Mike Peed tells you how to do it. David Adesnik: HOW TO START YOUR OWN BLOG: A somewhat pedestrian guide from the WaPo However, I consider it a victory when they don't say anything nasty about us. Glenn Reynolds: THE WASHINGTON POST EXPLAINS how to make it big as a blogger. |
Mystery Cloaks Couple's Firing as Risks to U.S. By / NYT — Permalink MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - May 5, the day that changed Aliakbar and Shahla Afshari's lives, began like most others. They shared coffee, dropped their 12-year-old son off at Cheat Lake Middle School here, then drove to their laboratories at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a federal agency that studies workplace hazards. | |
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Avedon Carol: Land of the free: Mystery Cloaks Couple's Firing as Risks to U.S. Pejman Yousefzadeh: OF MYSTERIES AND OUTRAGES — Absent any other information, I would have to say that the firing discussed here was completely wrong. Melanie @AmStreet: Witching Hour — Mystery Cloaks Couple's Firing as Risks to U.S. By JAMES DAO [snipped quote] "First they came for the... |
Bird Dog: Our Government Needs to Give a Better Answer — In the case of these two Iranians: "May 5, the day that changed Aliakbar and Shahla Afshari's lives, began like most others. Jeralyn Merritt: On May 5, they were fired suddenly—being told only that they had The failed a secret background check. What does that mean? |
Lawyer says Saddam on hunger strike AFP — Permalink Ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and 11 top leaders of his regime awaiting trial for crimes against humanity have gone on hunger strike in their US detention centre, one of their lawyers says. | |
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Roger L. Simon: Springtime for Hitler — Saddam is on a hunger strike with eleven other top leaders of his regime, including Tariq Aziz, or so his lawyer reports. |
Cliff May: According to ABC News, the Butcher of Baghdad and 11 other prisoners have begun a hunger strike. |
Kuwaitis Get Apology From Palestinians By / AP — Permalink KUWAIT CITY - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas made a long-awaited apology Sunday to Kuwaitis for the Palestinian support of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. | |
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Captain Ed: Again, Arafat's death gave Palestinians an opportunity to change directions and build more support for a new PA... |
Charles Johnson: Abu Mazen Says... |
The Poor Have More Things Today -- Including Wild Income Swings By / LAT — Permalink "The poor are not like everyone else," social critic Michael Harrington wrote in the 1962 best-seller "The Other America," which helped shape President Johnson's War on Poverty. "They are a different kind of people," he declared. How then to account for Elvira Rojas? | |
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Kevin Drum: TROUBLE IN PARADISE....I didn't have the heart to blog this last night, but you really ought to read the second installment in the LA Times' series about economic risk. DeLong: Peter Gosselin on Economic Insecurity — Peter Gosselin continues his excellent series about rising economic risks in... |
Atrios: Volatility — Kevin Drum sends us to this LA Times story about rising household income volatility, particularly among those at the lower end of the income distribution. Greg Ransom: AMERICANS fill their homes with wealth — immigrants and the poor hardest hit. |
How to Build a Better PC By / Opinion Journal — Permalink IBM has just sold its PC operation to a Chinese company called Lenovo for (a relatively paltry) $1.25 billion. If I were an IBM stockholder who cared mostly about short-term profits, I'd be thrilled. | |
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The Big Trunk: He had many related thoughts of interest in a column that ran in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week and that... |
Joe Gandelman: It Happened — IBM sold its computer PC operation...to a Chinese company...and some think its a mistake. |
Guiliani political stock in doubt By / New York Newsday — Permalink The short, embarrassing nomination of Bernard Kerik ended with a whimper and so, too, has Rudolph Giuliani's Teflon period — a three-year stretch when his status as "America's Mayor" largely obscured his own shortcomings and the foibles of close associates. | |
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Mary @LeftCoaster: Why, of course, apologize for the embarrassment to the President, right? |
Ed Cone: Newsday says Kerik's flameout hurts Giuliani's chances for the White House. What chances? |