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AP: Oil-For-Food Investigators Resign AP — Permalink (04-20) 20:00 PDT UNITED NATIONS _, (AP) — Two senior investigators with the committee probing corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program have resigned in protest, saying they believe a report that cleared Kofi Annan of meddling in the $64 billion operation was too soft on the secretary-general, a panel member confirmed Wednesday. | |
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Captain Ed: Tonight, however, two of the Volcker investigators have resigned in protest, reportedly because they believed that the... John @PowerLine: Oil-For-Food Investigators Resign — Roger Simon had this story first: two top investigators for Paul Volcker's... |
Charles Johnson: AP: Oil-For-Food Investigators Resign — The Associated Press now has the story broken earlier today by Roger Simon: Oil-For-Food Investigators Resign. Betsy Newmark: Two members of the investigating commission have resigned, claiming that the report was too soft on Annan. |
Rome's Radical Conservative By / NYT — Permalink THE election of Cardinal Josef Ratzinger as pope was John Paul II's last gift to the Roman Catholic Church. No cardinal was closer to John Paul II, or talked at length with him more often. | |
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Stuart Buck: Rome's Radical Conservative — From Michael Novak, writing in the New York Times: Cardinal Ratzinger's selection as... Tom Smith: Works for me — A pope who likes Acton, Madison and de Tocqueville. Works for me. Orrin Judd: WELL, HE DOES FOLLOW THE NEO TESTAMENT: Rome's Radical Conservative (MICHAEL NOVAK, 4/20/05, NY Times) |
Betsy Newmark: Michael Novak, unlike many of the western journalists who are already tsk-tsking the selection of Cardinal Ratzinger as... Steve Bainbridge: Update: Michael Novak is offering a very similar prediction as to the set of issues that will be of concern to Pope... K. J. Lopez: "ROME'S RADICAL CONSERVATIVE" — Michael Novak |
Rove's Reading: Not So Liberal as Leery By / WaPo — Permalink CHESTERTOWN, Md., April 18 — Karl Rove was out of his element. He left the security of his West Wing office and the Republican fundraising circuit to face an audience of smart-alecky students on a college campus — a liberal arts college, no less — here in this reliably blue state. | |
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Garrett M. Graff: Rove: Reporters May, Just May, Not Suck — Karl Rove's comments on the press yesterday in Maryland are continuing to... Susanna Cornett: Rove on media, Milbank on Rove — Karl Rove emerged from the White House yesterday to talk with journalism students at... Kos @DailyKos: Rove: media not so liberal — Take that, Tom DeLay! [snipped quote] Riffing off Rove's comments, my complaints against the press is that they weren't oppositional enough. |
Avedon Carol: Fun with The Washington Post — I'm getting a laugh out of this page right now, which is an amusing article by Dana... Greg Piper: Dana Milbank, objective reporting and euphemisms — As Joe noted below, Dana Milbank has an good piece on Karl Rove's speech on media shortcomings at a Maryland college. Joe Gandelman: UPDATE: The Washington Post carries Rove's dead-on comment about the news media that flies in the face of what Rush,... |
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Was Iraq Behind the Oklahoma City Bombing? By / Fox News — Permalink On Tuesday's show you heard FOX News' Rita Cosby talking about the quite shocking claims made by a group of victims' families that Iraq was at the bottom of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City. | |
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Greg @TheTalentShow: This is the kind of f'n lunacy you can only find on Fox News : [snipped quote] I still find it hard to believe that this... Atrios: Saddam Stole My Car Keys — The right goes further into loony tunes land...and, consider how offensive this is: If... |
Tom @Corrente: Loonyville — I wish I were making this up but one of the loony commentators over at Faux is trying to pin the Oklahoma City bombing on Iraq. Soccerdad @LeftCoaster: FAUX News over the deep end — John Gibson Fox News is hyping the idea that Iraq was behind the Oklahoma bombing. |
AP NewsBreak: U.S. Sen. James Jeffords will not seek re-election By / AP — Permalink MONTPELIER, Vt. —Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords, an independent who triggered one of the most dramatic upheavals in Senate history when he quit the GOP four years ago, intends to retire at the end of his term next year, officials in his home state and Washington said Wednesday. | |
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Chris Bowers: Vermont Jeffords is retiring: [snipped quote] Democratic prospects in Vermont should be quite good. Joe Gandelman: Vermont's Independent Senator Jeffords Won't Run For Re-Election — Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords will retire next year... Kos @DailyKos: VT-Sen: Jeffords is retiring — Another seat to defend. [snipped quote] It's Vermont. Dems will be the prohibitive favorites. |
James Joyner: U.S. Sen. James Jeffords, citing health, will not seek re-election (AP) "Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords, an independent who... Steve Soto: Update: Dean has already taken himself out of the running, staying committed to the DNC. |
As Vote on Filibuster Nears, G.O.P. Senators Face Mounting Pressure By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, April 19 - As the Senate heads into a showdown over judges, Senator John W. Warner of Virginia is one of a select few Republicans at the center of a bipartisan courtship. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: The New York Times reports the number of "wobbly on the filibuster" GOP senators at 7, including John Warner of... Billmon: "New York Times As Vote on Filibuster Nears,GOP Senators Face Mounting Pressure April 20, 2005 Chamberlain bid a hearty farewell to the Fuehrer." |
Sam Rosenfeld: Jeff's count from last week of the remaining swing Republicans on the nuclear option should be amended slightly in light... |
Texas bans gay foster parents AFP — Permalink The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill banning homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals from being foster parents. If the bill gains approval from the Texas Senate, the state will be allowed to investigate the backgrounds of current foster parents and remove children living in non-heterosexual households. | |
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Richard TPD: But that simply isn't true; they are the legislators themselves. [snipped quote] Outrage, anyone? Norbizness: In essence, Texas would be banning homosexuals and bisexuals (?!?) from being foster parents, both prospectively and... |
Clayton Cramer: I am somewhat sympathetic to the concerns (at least, some of the concerns) that motivated the Texas House to pass this... |
Senator Jeffords Says He Will Retire Next Year By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, April 20 - Senator James M. Jeffords, the independent Vermonter whose defection from the Republican Party in the spring of 2001 gave control of the Senate to the Democrats for 18 months, said today he would not run for re-election next year because of his and his wife's health. | |
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Jane Galt: So Jim Jeffords is retiring. I never understood the outrage of Republican voters at his switch; we don't have a parliamentary system, and the voters of Vermont elected the guy. James Joyner: Senator Jeffords Is Expected to Retire "Senator James M. Jeffords, the independent Vermonter whose defection from the... |
Steve Bainbridge: Why I Really Like "Jane Galt" — Her take on soon to be former SenatorJim Jefford's ego is just priceless: "I mean, you... |
Anger Mismanagement NRO — Permalink John Bolton — a good man, a distinguished and capable public servant, a knowledgeable and tenacious advocate for President Bush's policies — is being smeared, savaged, and otherwise demeaned in what passes for Senate deliberations on his nomination to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. | |
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Laura Rozen: As to today's perhaps paranoid rumor that the White House might decide to give Bolton a "recess appointment", observers... Betsy Newmark: Frank Gaffney is not impressed with the switch in tactics that the Democrats have adopted in opposition ot John Bolton. |
Scott Sala: Frank Gaffney puts it all into perspective, writing that the attacks on Bolton are founded on the lamest of principles - treating subordinates badly. Michelle Malkin: Also on NRO: Frank Gaffney's analysis. The reaction on the left side of the blogosphere is interesting. |
Pope Benedict XVI: Enemy of Jihad By / Front Page Magazine — Permalink In choosing Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger to succeed Pope John Paul II as Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic Church has cast a vote for the survival of Europe and the West. | |
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Patrick Ruffini: Robert Spencer says not to expect Benedict to sit idly by as Islam recolonizes the European heartland Orrin Judd: HEALTHY COMPETITION: Pope Benedict XVI: Enemy of Jihad (Robert Spencer, April 20, 2005, FrontPageMagazine.com)... |
Charles Johnson: Pope Benedict XVI: Enemy of Jihad — Robert Spencer says the new Pope may be Europe's last, best hope: Pope Benedict XVI: Enemy of Jihad. Stephen Pollard: A very interesting piece on the new Pope by Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch. [snipped quote] Do read it all - fascinating stuff. |
Reports reveal Zarqawi nuclear threat By / Washington Times — Permalink Recurrent intelligence reports say al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab Zarqawi has obtained a nuclear device or is preparing a radiological explosive — or dirty bomb — for an attack, according to U.S. officials, who also say analysts are unable to gauge the reliability of the information's sources. | |
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Colt: Thursday's Winds of War briefings are given by me, Colt, of Eurabian Times. TOP TOPICS Zarqawi - a nuclear threat? James Joyner: Reports reveal Zarqawi nuclear threat [snipped quote] I, too, tend to think that Zarqawi and gang would use such a device immediately if they had the capability. |
Charles Johnson: Reports Reveal Zarqawi Nuclear Threat — Bill Gertz reports that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may possess some kind of nuclear device. Clayton Cramer: News Stories To Ruin Your Morning — Like this one: "Recurrent intelligence reports say al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab... |
'Da... Nyet, Nyet, Nyet!' Rice Tells Russians Reuters — Permalink "/ Condoleezza Rice tried out her rusty Russian in a Moscow radio interview Wednesday, only to get caught out by a question on whether she might run for president. "Da (Yes)," Rice answered in Russian, before realizing her misunderstanding and hastily adding "Nyet" (No) — seven times. | |
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Baldilocks: Looks as though she should have used one. [snipped quote] Actually, this makes me feel better. I used to speak fairly decent Russian as well. |
Betsy Newmark: Poor Condi Rice tried out her rusty Russian on a talk show and got tripped up on a question of whether she's run for president. |
Voinovich Known to Put Principles Before Party By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — The maverick tendencies of Republican Sen. George V. Voinovich are no secret. The former Ohio governor and Cleveland mayor has challenged President Bush and party leaders on numerous issues. | |
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Scott Sala: Here's the story as told by the LA Times, a left-leaning paper, who by all measures, sounds fairer that this right-wing attack ad. Laura Rozen: Two pieces from the LA Times on l'affaire Bolton: Richard Simon mines Sen. George Voinovich's career to understand his... |
Kate Kaye: The Web-based grassroots group literally started work on a radio ad set to launch in Ohio mere hours after the Senator... |
Elephants rampage through Seoul BBC — Permalink South Korea's busy capital Seoul faced an added complication on Wednesday when six elephants escaped from an amusement park, causing chaos. The elephants broke into a restaurant in the east of the city, and tore through the garden of a private home. | |
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Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: Elephants Rampage Through Seoul by hilzoy That's the headline on a BBC story today: [snipped quote] I am reminded of one... Steve Bainbridge: In other news — The BBC reports: "Officials said one elephant was briefly detained at a police station ...." MSNBC's video is shorter but clearer than the Beeb's. |
Joe Gandelman: Raging Elephants In Seoul — According to the BBC, a bunch of elephants raged through Seoul — but, no, it wasn't... Michelle Malkin: ELEPHANTS ON A RAMPAGE — Now, if we could just replace the lame Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with these elephants, we'd get somewhere. |
Some Extra Heft May Be Helpful, New Study Says By / NYT — Permalink People who are overweight but not obese have a lower risk of death than those of normal weight, federal researchers are reporting today. The researchers - statisticians and epidemiologists from the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease... | |
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Jacob Sullum: "Counting deaths is not an exact science," says the CDC's chief science officer. No kidding. Oldman @BOPNews: According to the NYT scientists are reporting that being mildly overweight is actually healthy for you. |
Kevin Drum: FAT IS FIT....Good news from the CDC, food lovers! [snipped quote] A quick calculation indicates that I have a BMI of 26.6, right in the sweet spot! Orrin Judd: NOW YOU'RE TALKIN': Some Extra Heft May Be Helpful, New Study Says (GINA KOLATA, 4/20/05, NY Times) [snipped quote] Who cares why? |
Dubious spin on the U.N. Washington Times — Permalink The media spinners busied themselves yesterday portraying the report of the Independent Inquiry Committee investigating the oil-for-food scandal as a vindication of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. It clearly is not. | |
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Mary Madigan: A ludicrous sideshow by Mary Madigan Roger Simon describes the latest developments in the oil-for-food scandal: [snipped quote] The UN is having problems right now. |
Roger L. Simon: With Kofi Annan's adviser Canadian businessman Maurice Strong under fire, his Chef de Cabinet having resigned for... |
Letter from David Brock to Rupert Murdoch By / Media Matters for America — Permalink I was intrigued to read your recent statement to World Screen magazine about alleged conservative bias at the Fox News Channel. "We are fair and balanced and we challenge anyone to show Fox News has any bias in it," you said. | |
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Brian Stelter: Media Matters Challenges Fox News — In a letter to Rupert Murdoch today, MediaMatters president David Brock responds to... |
Atrios: They Write Letters — David Brock writes to Rupert Murdoch. |
Hate mob attacks Galloway This Is London — Permalink The bitter election battle in the East End has spilled into violence, with extremist Muslims and anti-war protesters targeting George Galloway and Oona King. Anti-war campaigner Mr Galloway was forced to take refuge from Islamic militants who denounced him as a "false prophet". | |
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Colt: EUROPE George Galloway has been attacked by Hizb ut-Tahrir, who say there is a fatwa against him. I think this is what's called 'blue-on-blue'. Charles Johnson: But, oddly, the objects of Galloway's affection don't seem to be responding as expected: Hate mob attacks Galloway. |
Damian Penny: That's a lesson George Galloway would do well to remember: The bitter election battle in the East End has spilled into... Harry @HarrysPlace: Militants attack Galloway — George Galloway was attacked last night by a group of militants who have been angered by... |
Protection Racket TNR — Permalink The Bush White House has always been of two minds on free trade. On the one hand, former U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick did an admirable job of attacking global trade barriers, despite the short-term risk to U.S. industries and the anger of the sugar and cotton lobbies. | |
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Dale Franks: Speaking of China and Protectionism... As an addendum to my earlier post, I see that those wild-eyed Free-Traders at... |
Ramesh Ponnuru: BASHING BUSH ON TRADE — That's what the editors of the New Republic do here, and they're mostly right. |
News With Views By / NYT — Permalink BECAUSE all three of the networks' early-evening newscasts, as good as they are, generally follow an hour or so of local news and are fed into households already saturated with news from CNN, Fox or MSNBC (which they didn't use to be), and because the adults... | |
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Jonathan Gewirtz: Clueless — Don Hewitt, creator of "60 Minutes" and veteran TV-news guy, thinks that the way to entice viewers back to... Steve Bainbridge: Network News — Longtime news producer Don Hewitt thinks: [snipped quote] Personally, I think opinion is pretty much all you get from the networks, albeit disguised as news. |
Garrett M. Graff: Other panelists, Jeff Greenfield and Charles Osgood, were more circumspect, with Greenfield thinking that it was at... |
House Ethics Panel to Probe Tom DeLay By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Retreating under pressure, Republicans on the House ethics committee said Wednesday they were ready to open an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing against Majority Leader Tom DeLay. | |
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Sam Rosenfeld: Doc Hastings, chairman of the still-deadlocked House ethics committee, had promised that an "important announcement" was... |
Edward _: New Hope for DeLay — Congressman Tom DeLay is to have his say before the House Ethics Committee: [snipped quote] A good opportunity to clear his name. |
Lobbyist Gave DeLay a Skybox for Donors By / AP — Permalink House Majority Leader Tom DeLay treated his political donors to a bird's-eye view of a Three Tenors concert from an arena skybox leased by a lobbyist now under criminal investigation. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: If you ask me, the real news here isn't that Tom DeLay failed to reimburse Jack Abramoff for his use of an MCI Center... |
Pontificator @DailyKos: Delay Got Free Skybox From Lobbyist (From the diaries — kos) Stick a fork in him: [snipped quote] If this story is true,... |
The New Pope NYT — Permalink Since almost all of the cardinals who met to choose a new pope were appointees of John Paul II, it's probably not all that surprising that they chose someone as close as possible to the late pontiff. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: From the New York Times: "On matters of public policy, however, all of us have reason to be concerned about the opinions of the leader of more than one billion Catholics." Roger Kimball: The New York Times for example, is clearly unhappy with Ratzinger, as are many libertarian commentators. |
Captain Ed: I had actually expected this from the New York Times, but on this rare occasion, they wrote a far more artful missive... |
Firms Paid TV's Tech Gurus To Promote Their Products By / WaPo — Permalink Corey Greenberg, tech editor for NBC's "Today" show, appeared last July to praise Apple's iPod as "a great portable musical player . . . the coolest-looking one" and suggested a compatible device to "share your music with other people." "This is the way to go," he declared. | |
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Rex Hammock: Yet another G+J controversy: Child magazine says it didn't know technology editor James Oppenheim was getting paid by... Roger Ailes: The Today Show is an infomercial. Doesn't everyone already know that? |
Jim Romenesko: Child mag dumps tech editor for taking payments from firms — Washington Post Child magazine says it didn't know... |
The Mortal Storm By / LA Weekly — Permalink These are heady days to be an obituary writer. Ever since America's best-known critic, Susan Sontag, died in late December, there's been a startling slew of Important Deaths. The greatest talk-show host, Johnny Carson. The most famous playwright, Arthur Miller. | |
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Ezra Klein: Cryptic Linking — Okay, now to explain my cryptic link to the Powers' column. I was vague because I was dashing out to class, so apologies for that. |
Digby: John Powers wrote a wonderful piece this week in the LA Weekly about death, declinism the conservative capture of the media. |
Boltin' on Bolton NRO — Permalink Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich rolled like a marble yesterday. After an hour of ranting by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats about the nomination of John Bolton as United Nations ambassador, Voinovich pronounced himself in need of more... | |
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Von @ObsidianWings: UPDATE: Macallan points to this defense of Bolton at the National Review, which suggests that Bolton was upset with Mr... |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: TAWDRY (CONT'D) This is a well-written and well-deserved slam. There is no excuse why the full Senate should not be considering the Bolton nomination right now. |
Benedict XVI By / TCS — Permalink What will be the driving concerns of Benedict XVI's pontificate? As I ponder that question, two key facts stick out: 1. The College of Cardinals chose a European 2. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger chose the name Benedict | |
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Max B. Sawicky: SANCTO SUBITO — What's wrong with this picture? (Found here.) |
Steve Bainbridge: Predicting Benedict — My latest TCS column offers some predictions as to the principal concerns likely to motivate the Pontificate of Benedict XVI. |
Israel Praises Pope Despite Past Nazi Ties By / AP — Permalink JERUSALEM — Israeli politicians and rabbis on Wednesday praised new Pope Benedict XVI for his strong condemnations of anti-Semitism despite the pontiff's ties to the Nazi Party as a youth. Benedict's appointment received mixed reactions from Arabs in the Holy Land. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: Benedict was a victim of his time, had absolutely no evil intent or ill will as either a member of the Hitler Youth or... |
Lindsay Beyerstein: Israel's cool with Popenfuhrer — "Israel Praises Pope Despite Past Nazi Ties[AP]" Ct of DKos says it's inappropriate to bring up Pope Ratz' sordid past. |
Stage set for June 27 election Globe and Mail — Permalink Ottawa — The Conservatives have secured May 19 as the day they will most likely defeat the minority government, paving the way for a June 27 election. One day after the government postponed the Conservatives' opposition day scheduled for today and... | |
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Captain Ed: The naked power play designed to shut up the opposition and delay elections failed, however, as the Tories got a single... Orrin Judd: Stage set for June 27 election (BILL CURRY AND GLORIA GALLOWAY, April 20, 2005, Globe and Mail) "The Conservatives... |
Damian Penny: Mark your calendars — The Globe and Mail says the next federal election will likely be held on June 27: The... |
B16 & Left-Wing Dreams NRO — Permalink The new pope, no great shock. That's Latin for "We have a pope!" With those words the College of Cardinals announced that the world's Catholics have a new spiritual leader, former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. | |
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Matt Welch: '68 Guns — Over at The Catholic National Review, Jonah Goldberg has a column commending Pope Ratzo for being, like many American conservatives, a liberal mugged by 1968. |
Ace: Meet the New Pope, Same As the Old Pope — Jonah Goldberg on the "solipsistic" (hey! |
Lobbyist paid for Jones' '01 trip By / Washington Times — Permalink Stephanie Tubbs Jones, an Ohio Democrat who sits on the House ethics committee, took a 2001 trip to Puerto Rico that was paid for by a registered lobbyist firm — an apparent violation of the chamber's ethics rules — according to documents that she filed with the House clerk. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: CONSISTENCY — So, are we going to make a big deal over this? Because we should: [snipped quote] Well then let's swear that man in! K. J. Lopez: CASUALTIES OF DELAY — Some journalists are actually looking at Dems: Today Stephanie Tubbs Jones. |
Michelle Malkin: The Washington Times reports: [snipped quote] We're sure the critics of DeLay's trips will be equally outraged by Jones' conduct. |
The Revolution Continues NRO — Permalink It's a different world than we've known. Blessed be we, who live in exciting times. Not only are we participating in a global struggle against tyranny, but, if we look carefully enough, we can see the collapse of the conventional wisdom about the relationship between tyrannical rulers and their subjects. | |
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TheAnchoress: Ledeen sounds another sort of bell Michael Ledeen, who was, I think, recently accused of both forging the Niger... |
Roger L. Simon: "Now, please" — Ledeen wants thing to go even faster - and maybe they are. |
Sen. Jeffords Won't Seek Re-Election By / AP — Permalink MONTPELIER, Vt. - Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords, an independent who triggered one of the most dramatic upheavals in Senate history when he quit the GOP four years ago, intends to retire at the end of his term next year, The Associated Press learned Wednesday. | |
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Steve Soto: Jeffords Won't Run For Re-Election In 2006 — The Associated Press is reporting that Vermont Independent Senator Jim... |
Orrin Judd: FIRE UP A DUBIE (via mc): Sen. Jeffords Won't Seek Re-Election (CHRISTOPHER GRAFF, 4/20/05, Associated Press)... |
GOP will win showdown on judges By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink Republican leaders count only two or three GOP senators who will vote against the efforts to end, by a straight majority vote, filibusters on confirmation of judicial nominations. | |
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Chris Bowers: West Virginia If what Robert Novak writes is true, than MoveOn may have been right to hold a fundraiser for Byrd... |
Kos @DailyKos: WV-Sen: Byrd to get free pass? Novak writes: [snipped quote] Novak is usually pretty good on these sorts of issues. |
2 Reporters Suffer Another Court Setback By / NYT — Permalink Two reporters facing up to 18 months in jail for refusing to testify about their sources lost another round in the courts yesterday. The reporters, Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine, now have only one appeal left, to the United States Supreme Court. | |
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Dan Froomkin: Adam Liptak writes in the New York Times that Tatel "defended much of the secrecy attached to the case, including his... Jim Romenesko: NYT's Miller, Time's Cooper lose another round in court — New York Times Reporters Judith Miller and Matt Cooper, who... |
Garrett M. Graff: Matt & Judy Situation Critical mattcooper2.jpgAs both the NYT and the WP note this morning, Matthew Cooper and Judith Miller have lost their latest round of appeals. |
Soros says be patient By / The Hill — Permalink George Soros told a carefully vetted gathering of 70 likeminded millionaires and billionaires last weekend that they must be patient if they want to realize long-term political and ideological yields from an expected massive investment in "startup" progressive think tanks. | |
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Charles Johnson: Soros' New Plan: The Phoenix Group — At a highly secretive meeting of "progressives" in Scottsdale, Arizona, George... |
Clayton Cramer: The Billionaires Are Busily Plotting Behind Closed Doors Again — Whenever rich people get together, you can be sure... |
A papal confidant faithful to doctrine By / Boston Globe — Permalink VATICAN CITY — The man who appeared on the papal balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to be introduced to the world yesterday as Pope Benedict XVI is the son of a policeman from a small village in Germany who was long seen as the late Pope John Paul II's toughest cop on doctrinal affairs. | |
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Howard Kurtz: Some papers are more or less neutral, such as the Boston Globe: "The son of a policeman from a small village in Germany... |
Orrin Judd: A papal confidant faithful to doctrine (Charles M. Sennott, April 20, 2005, Boston Globe) "The white-haired Cardinal... |
College taught her not to be a heterosexual By / Townhall.com — Permalink Perhaps the most important argument against same-sex marriage is that once society honors same-sex sex as it does man-woman sex, there will inevitably be a major increase in same-sex sex. People do sexually (as in other areas) what society allows and especially what it honors. | |
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Tbogg: Call 1-900-HOT-LESBO — Dennis Prager turned in his expense report to Townhall last week and, in an effort to explain... |
S.Z.: College taught her not to be a heterosexual by Dennis Prager "The shocking story of a coed who majored in 'How to Not... |
The Gentle Watchdog LAT — Permalink BERLIN — The man chosen as pope Tuesday grew up in the foothills of southern Germany during the rise of Nazism and as a young man supported theological reform. But he later embraced a rigid conservatism to battle what he saw as threats from secularism and leftist politics. | |
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Howard Kurtz: Los Angeles Times: "Embraced a rigid conservatism to battle what he saw as threats from secularism and leftist politics . . . a gifted yet polarizing intellectual." |
Orrin Judd: MORE: The Gentle Watchdog: Ratzinger is known as a steadfast enforcer, but his personality and his past belie... |
New pope intervened against Kerry in US 2004 election campaign AFP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AFP) - German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican theologian who was elected Pope Benedict XVI, intervened in the 2004 US election campaign ordering bishops to deny communion to abortion rights supporters including presidential candidate John Kerry. | |
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Dan Froomkin: Special to washingtonopost.com — In a rare one-on-one interview, President Bush sat down in the White House library... Tom Maguire: The Pope And The Election — Is it true that new Pope "intervened in the 2004 US election campaign ordering bishops to... Jo Fish: Update: Oh, and if it was not already evident that I disliked this guy, here's another reason: "German Cardinal Joseph... |
Steve Bainbridge: The Kerry "Intervention" — AFP has a rather breathless story headlined New pope intervened against Kerry in US 2004... Mitch Berg: But it came back to me. Jeralyn Merritt: New Pope Ordered Kerry Be Denied Communion — It was Pope Benedict XVI, formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who... |
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Bigmouth at Monmouth Townhall.com — Permalink Well, I suppose it had to happen. With all the pie-throwing at conservative speakers these days, I guess I was overdue for an episode of intensely cerebral and well-thought-out liberal protest during one of my campus speeches. | |
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S.Z.: Bigmouth at Monmouth by Mike S. Adams Clearly Dr. Mike is a major conservative pundit, just like Ann Coulter and David... |
Betsy Newmark: Mike Adams has a fun life. I'm glad he enjoys this sort of confrontation because he seems to draw it. |
Senator Voinovich Forces a Delay In Bolton Vote By / New York Sun — Permalink WASHINGTON -The president's nominee to be America's ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, suffered a major setback yesterday when a Republican senator shocked the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by saying that at this point, he would not vote to approve him. | |
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Brad DeLong: Stupidest Woman in the World — Laura Rozen finds AEI Vice President Danielle Pletka uttering another piece of... |
Laura Rozen: Quote of the Day: [snipped quote] Danielle Pletka, Vice President of AEI, on Bolton's nomination setback, from the New York Sun. |
Critics see new food pyramid as abstract art By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink The familiar food pyramid is getting a makeover, but some consumers might find the new design as confusing as the old one. MyPyramid, unveiled Tuesday, looks like a rainbow, with brightly colored bands running vertically from the tip to the base. | |
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Edward _: The Chicago Sun-Times notes that critics are comparing it to abstract art. And Wonkette suggests it's just the latest clandestine effort to spread the "gay agenda." |
Ann Althouse: That is just incredibly outrageous." There's the Nanny News: maybe fat isn't so fatal, let's redraw the food pyramid. |
U.S. Catholics' Reactions to Pope Benedict XVI More Positive Than Negative By / Gallup — Permalink PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. Catholics' initial reactions to Pope Benedict XVI are more positive than negative, though substantial proportions have yet to form opinions of the new pontiff. | |
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Ace: Pope Polling Update: Sounds goofy to me, but they're asking the right track/wrong track question about the likely direction to which Benedict XVI will lead the Church. |
Ntodd: Nay, what's the most important thing to cover this fine post-Pope-a-palooza day is how American Catholics feel about... |
ESQUIRE LOSES BET VS. FEDS By / New York Post — Permalink PROBLEMS appear to be mounting for Esquire. Publisher Kevin O'Malley may be getting caught in the crosshairs of a federal investigation into illegal offshore-gambling operations. The feds are not happy that Esquire had run five pages of ads for online gambling casino Bodog.com in the April issue. | |
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Rex Hammock: Today, the NY Post (scroll down) reports: Dick Stolley, the legendary launch editor at People magazine in 1974, is finally retiring. |
Jim Romenesko: Additional items for April 20, 2005 > NYT Co. chairman emeritus Sulzberger wins Graham award (NYT) > Stivers quits Time... |
Welcome Stop for Warriors By / LAT — Permalink BANGOR, Maine — Tired and bleary-eyed, Marines of the 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment, based at Twentynine Palms, Calif., were finally back on U.S. soil after seven months on the front lines in Iraq. But they were still many miles and hours from their families and the homecoming they longed for. | |
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TheAnchoress: Seems the folks at Bangor, Maine have made a profound commitment to troops returning home to America through their gates. |
Michelle Malkin: WELCOMING HOME OUR TROOPS — Tony Perry of the Los Angeles Times has a heart-warming article about local citizens in Bangor, Maine, who welcome soldiers returning to the U.S. |
A New Pope WaPo — Permalink "AN ADULT FAITH does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelty." With those words, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, concluded the last sermon he gave before the cardinals of the Catholic Church held their conclave in Rome. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: Early Reactions from the Junior Officers in the "Dictatorship of Relativism": From the Washington Post: "There's less... |
Captain Ed: WaPo: We Shouldn't Tell Catholics What To Believe (But We Will) Today's Washington Post editorial on the ascension of... |
With 'GMA' Gaining, 'Today' Fires Top Producer By / WaPo — Permalink Tom Touchet was fired yesterday as executive producer of NBC's "Today" show, a victim of the ratings surge by "Good Morning America" that has brought the ABC program close to overtaking the longtime leader among network morning shows. | |
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Jim Romenesko: > An NBC executive says Couric and Lauer endorsed the move (WP) |
Brian Stelter: "Let's Be Honest," NBC Exec Says: "We Don't Like That The Gap Is Getting Smaller" firstfamily.jpgAn unnamed NBC... |
Top Down and Bottom Up By / TCS — Permalink As I write this, I'm in the back seat of a car heading down Interstate 81, accessing the Web via the Verizon EVDO card in my laptop. (And pretty zippily, too — I'm getting around 150kbps even though I'm in the "national access" coverage area, not the DSL-speed "broadband access" area.) | |
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Ed Cone: Glenn Reynolds on public wireless: "(I)t seems to me that there are huge advantages in seeing both the top-down telco approach and the bottom-up wi-fi approach continue." |
Glenn Reynolds: THOUGHTS ON MUNICIPAL WI-FI and telco opposition thereto: My TechCentralStation column is up. |
For America's Divided Roman Catholics, a New Difference of Opinion By / NYT — Permalink SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 - Roman Catholics poured into cathedrals and parish churches across the United States on Tuesday to celebrate Masses of Thanksgiving for the new pope, Benedict XVI, but the choice of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as pope prompted strong disagreement over what he would mean for the American church. | |
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Riggsveda @Corrente: But what a number of those commenters seemed to forget was that the Catholic Church is made up of many different voices,... |
Dr. Steven Taylor: It is Almost Getting Funny — VIa the NYT: For America's Divided Roman Catholics, a New Difference of Opinion... |
Probe Finds Overspending for TSA Center By / WaPo — Permalink The Transportation Security Administration has failed to stop excessive spending, raising concerns of "unethical and possibly illegal activities" by employees who spent $500,000 on artwork and silk plants for a new operations center, according to a government report released yesterday. | |
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Jo Fish: My dime, wasted. Yeah, we don't need no stinking oversight. |
Michelle Malkin: And in 2003, TSA officials threw themselves a birthday party that cost $461,000. Good to know the TSA has its priorities straight. |
U.S. Taxpayers' Quarterly Report Center for American Progress — Permalink The foundation of America is the promise of progress. As a people, we are committed to continually making our nation stronger. Since the start of the new millennium, the Bush administration has spent $2.2 trillion that we didn't have. | |
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SK Bubba: Quarterly report — By the numbers... |
Ezra Klein: It's really quite a stunning indictment of the administration. Check it out. |
DeLay Slams Supreme Court Justice By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Tom DeLay intensified his criticism of the federal courts on Tuesday, singling out Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's work from the bench as "incredibly outrageous" because he has relied on international law and done research on the Internet. | |
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Steve Bainbridge: Tom DeLay — Is the enemy of my enemy necessarily my friend? Dale Franks: Tom DeLay is Kind of a Whack Job — What to make of this from Tom Delay (R-TX): [snipped quote] Doing research on the Internet is outrageous? Jan Haugland: DeLay hates the internet — House Majority Leader Tom DeLay continues his attacks on the judiciary, and he doesn't like the internet either. |
Tbogg: "It is abundantly clear that their fundamental strategy revolves around attacking me and working to tear down Republican... Steve @BeggingToDiffer: Today, Tom DeLay revealed himself to be profoundly ignorant of the judicial system he decries. Indeed, he seems ignorant of modern life. JoelF @SouthernAppeal: Attention Tom Delay: Just Shut Up! He's shooting his mouth off about judges again, this time I think quite unfairly. |
| Also: Ramesh Ponnuru, Jeralyn Merritt, Atrios, Orin Kerr | |
Last Benedict shepherded Catholic countries in World War By / Scotsman — Permalink THE choice of papal names is often scrutinised for hints on what the new pontiff might have admired in previous popes with those same names. As Pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has taken the name Benedict XVI. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: It is somewhat ironic that Benedict XV, the European peacemaker, had a statue erected in his honor in Istanbul as "the... |
Orrin Judd: THE CHURCH DOESN'T HAVE SHEEP ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ONE: Last Benedict shepherded Catholic countries in World War... |
Ohio Senator Again Clashes Over Bush Pick By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — The Ohio senator who surprised fellow Republicans on Tuesday with his sudden concerns about President Bush's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations is known as a maverick. Sen. George Voinovich was the rare Republican holdout against Bush's 2003 tax cut plan, an administration priority. | |
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Laura Rozen: The AP has more on Voinovich who has become more popular in Ohio for opposing Bush's tax cut package. |
Orrin Judd: IT'S NOT OUR KITCHENS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT: Ohio Senator Again Clashes Over Bush Pick (MALIA RULON, April 19, 2005, ... |
DeLay Says Scrutiny Has Put Him 'Closer to God' Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay described himself as "closer to God" on Tuesday as a result of intense scrutiny of his ethical conduct. | |
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Cernig: Tom DeLay described himself as "closer to God" but innocent of all charges on Tuesday as a result of intense scrutiny of his ethical conduct. |
Lindsay Beyerstein: Ethics probe brings DeLay "closer to God" "DeLay Says Scrutiny Has Put Him 'Closer to God' WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S... |
It Really Is Black and White . . . By / Opinion Journal — Permalink The National Urban League has issued its annual report on the state of black America. Sadly, but not surprisingly, the report concluded that economic and societal disparities continue to separate black and white Americans. | |
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Steve Antler: UPDATE II: Democratic Party opposition to both inheritance tax repeal and private accounts seem linked by a far more... |
Orrin Judd: OWNERS OR OWNED? : It Really Is Black and White . . . : Private Social Security accounts will help lift minorities out of poverty. |
The sins of the few Guardian — Permalink When it comes to collective punishments, the part of the world that I come from has quite a record, from the 10 plagues of Egypt to the demolition of the homes of suicide bombers. | |
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Harry @HarrysPlace: Also this leader in the Guardian and this story written by an Israeli, so if you're in favour of the boycott, you are not allowed to read it. |
Norm Geras: Against an AUT boycott — Etgar Keret has some words to say about the proposed AUT boycott of Israeli universities: [snipped quote] See also here. |
CDC: Dangers of being overweight overstated AP — Permalink CHICAGO — Being overweight is nowhere near as big a killer as the government thought, ranking No. 7 instead of No. 2 among the nation's leading preventable causes of death, according to a startling new calculation from the CDC. | |
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Paul @Wizbang: CDC: Dangers of being overweight overstated — Add this to the long list of things we once knew but now know we don't know. |
Donald Luskin: Update... And so did Paul Krugman, on February 27, 2000:I'm not sure that the current value of the Nasdaq is justified,... |
Joseph Ratzinger Chosen as New Pope WaPo — Permalink VATICAN CITY, April 19 — Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church elected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany Tuesday as the new pope to succeed John Paul II, and announced he will take the name of Benedict XVI. | |
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Michael Bérubé: Ratzinger selected as new pope; promises to end "reign of tolerance" — VATICAN CITY, April 19—Cardinals of the Roman... LeanLeft: Bad Days Ahead, Maybe a Tarnished Silver Lining — Filed under: General Politics Legal Issues Church & State Religion Culture Health — KTK They elected another Pope. Jan Haugland: So much for nobody expecting the holy inquisition. Update 2: WaPo was soon out with a long article. |
Joe Gandelman: So in the end a man was picked who was very close to one of the most beloved and mass-media-friendly Popes of all time... Max B. Sawicky: RATZINGER — Oh great. Pope Wingnut the First. Dale Franks: Notice how the Washington Post puts it, though: "As a cardinal, Ratzinger, a close associate of John Paul and dean of... |
| Also: Michelle Malkin, Joseph Britt, Smash, Avedon Carol, James Joyner, Orrin Judd, Aaron @LiquidList, Dean Esmay, Micah L. Sifry, K. J. Lopez | |
Air Force Cadets See Religious Harassment By / AP — Permalink Less than two years after it was plunged into a rape scandal, the Air Force Academy is scrambling to address complaints that evangelical Christians wield so much influence at the school that anti-Semitism and other forms of religious harassment have become pervasive. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Religious Intolerance Alleged At Air Force Academy — Complaints by Air Force cadets of religious intolerance are getting media attention today. James Joyner: Air Force Cadets See Religious Harassment (AP) [snipped quote] A generation ago, cadets at all the service academies were marched to church. Josh Marshall: There's a profoundly disturbing article out tonight from the AP about what appears to be a widespread climate of... |
John Cole: The Toughest 44 Jews In The World — From the NY Times: "Less than two years after it was plunged into a rape scandal,... Clayton Cramer: One recent entry mentions this article alleging of widespread anti-Semitism at the Air Force Academy: [snipped quote] I... Jo Fish: Zoomies, unleashed — This just makes me so sad. Yet again, the Air Force Academy is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. |
| Also: Maya, Jon Henke, Ed Cone, Pudentilla | |
Committee Puts Bolton on Hold By / AP — Permalink Senators agreed to an unexpected delay Tuesday in voting on John Bolton's nomination as ambassador to the United Nations and said they intend to take a close look at fresh allegations against him. | |
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Daniel Drezner: With more Republicans wavering yesterday over John Bolton's nomination, I think it's worth asking the question: should he be the next UN ambassador? Cookie Jill: wapo" when i read that article, especially that part, i was ticked off. and, apparently so was the very honorable ms. boxer. Frederick Maryland: After yesterday's Senate hearing, even John Bolton could use a Hail Mary or two. |
Oliver @LiquidList: You can watch it here, and you should. You can also read about it here, and again, you should. Tarek @LiquidList: Politics: Wait'll You See This — It is a completely worthwhile expenditure of 110 minutes of your time to watch the... Michelle Malkin: As of 4:08pm EST, the Washington Post reports Sen. Richard Lugar claiming support from all 10 Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee —for a 10-8 vote. |
| Also: Laura Rozen, Jo Fish, Judd @ThinkProgress | |
Study finds government overstated danger of obesity AP — Permalink CHICAGO (AP) — Being overweight is nowhere near as big a killer as the government thought, ranking No. 7 instead of No. 2 among the nation's leading preventable causes of death, according to a startling new calculation from the CDC. | |
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Captain Scarlet: Military lost good soldiers over flawed report — The kicker But like several recent smaller studies, it found that... James Joyner: Study finds government overstated danger of obesity (AP) [snipped quote] It's undeniable that Americans are fatter than we should be and that a large percentage are quite obese. Pejman Yousefzadeh: Still, there is no reason whatsoever to overstate those health problems: [snipped quote] Could someone be so kind as to... |
Susanna Cornett: Well, it turns out the CDC might have been just a leeetttle previous in their estimations: "Being overweight is nowhere... Jim Henley: No comment yet, add yours? » April 19, 2005 Have a Cookie Study finds government overstated danger of obesity By a factor of fourteen. Radley Balko: Wonders Never Cease — A big, fat "I told you so" coming from yours truly: [snipped quote] It's actually quite striking... |
Donaldson: Network News Dead Broadcasting & Cable — Permalink Former ABC News reporter/anchor Sam Donaldson is ready to say the last rites for network news because it will soon lose its dominant position as Americans' primary source of news. "I think it's dead. Sorry," he said during a breakfast panel Tuesday at the National Association of Broadcasters' convention in Las Vegas. | |
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McQ: Requiem for Network News — Sam Donaldson seems to have figured out what most of us have known for quite some time—Network news is dead. Joe Gandelman: Sam Donaldson: R.I.P. TV Network News — Former ABC News reporter/anchor Sam Donaldson has flipped his wig over network... Charles Johnson: Donaldson: Network News Dead. (This bulletin brought to you by LGF readers.) |
Garrett M. Graff: Donaldson: Network News is 'Dead' samdonaldson.jpgABC's Sam "The Man" Donaldson ginned up some Kontroversy with a... Jim Romenesko: SAM DONALDSON ON NETWORK NEWS: "I think it's dead. Sorry." Ed Driscoll: Donaldson Declares Network News Dead — Gotta give Sam Donaldson credit for seeing the obvious and not sticking his head in the sand. |
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Senate Panel Postpones Vote on U.N. Nominee By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, April 19 - A surprise last-minute defection by an Ohio Republican forced the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to postpone a vote that had been scheduled for Tuesday on the nomination of John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations. | |
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Howard Kurtz: And while the New York Times on Sunday correctly divined the "conventional wisdom" as favoring German Cardinal Joseph... Laura Rozen: Here's the NYT's take on the vote delay the minority achieved today: "But it seemed obvious today that even with 55 Republican votes in the Senate, the nomination is shaky." John Cole: Bolton — I have to confess I have not been paying attention to the Bolton nomination at all, and this story doesn't clear things up at all. |
Michelle Malkin: The New York Times account is up, with Voinovich making iggly remarks and prattling about his "conscience"—which didn't... Mimus Pauly: the most unintentionally apt comment you are likely to read for some time senator lincoln chafee (r-rhode island),... |
Germany's Cardinal Ratzinger Elected Pope By / AP — Permalink VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, the Roman Catholic Church's leading hard-liner, was elected pope Tuesday in the first conclave of the new millennium. He chose the name Benedict XVI and called himself "a simple, humble worker." | |
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Bill Hobbs: Meet the New Pope cokeribbon.gifThere was Pope Classic. Now there is New Pope. I'm not Catholic, nor do I believe the papal system has any basis in the Bible. Smash: We Have a Pope — WHITE SMOKE billowed out from a stovepipe on the roof of the Sistine Chapel and bells pealed across... Jeralyn Merritt: Cathedral Bells Ringing: New Pope is Chosen — Bump and Update: We were right - the church bells did mean a new pope has been elected. |
Pudentilla: habent papam — [snipped quote] 117 men - who deny the equal dignity of women and gays (but surely have a soft spot for... Steve Bainbridge: In any case, the media are already speculating as to the signal the new Holy Father intended to send by his choice of names; e.g., ABC: [snipped quote] I must rush off to class. Steve Dillard: Germany's Cardinal Ratzinger Elected Pope: Color the fedster ecstatic. If you want to know why, just read these three posts by Andrew Sullivan (here, here, and here). |
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Thousands Cheer in St. Peter's Square as New Leader Emerges NYT — Permalink VATICAN CITY, April 19 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected pope today, taking the name Benedict XVI, then telling a wildly cheering crowd from a balcony on St. Peter's Basilica, "I entrust myself to your prayers." | |
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Dale Franks: The New York Times couldn't even get past the fourth paragraph in their story on his election without saying: "As the... Robert Tagorda: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Becomes Pope Benedict XVI — "God's Rottweiler" arises from the white smoke: Thousands Cheer... Steve M.: John Paul's Dick Cheney was just elected Pope. So the church will remain right-wing. Gee — imagine my amazement. |
Susanna Cornett: Love the one you're with — The Roman Catholic Church has a new leader, Cardinal John Ratzinger of Germany, now Pope Benedict XVI. Lindsay Beyerstein: Pope Ratz — Jo-mentum propelled Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to Papacy 265. His pope name will be Benedict—but he'll always be Pope Ratz to me. Dan Gillmor: Presiding Over Decline — [snipped quote] I suspect he'll get what he wishes for... |
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German cardinal elected new pope CNN — Permalink VATICAN CITY (CNN) — Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany has been selected by the Roman Catholic Church as the new pope. Ratzinger, who took the name Benedict XVI, appeared on the balcony of the Vatican Basilica to greet the people and deliver his first papal blessing. | |
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Frederick Maryland: Upon hearing today's news that ... "Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany has been selected by the Roman Catholic church... Giblets: POPEQUEST: Giblets Triumphant! So soon, victory! Giblets will be emerging momentarily with Pope Hat triumphant! Joe Gandelman: WHITE SMOKE RISES AND BELLS RING: A NEW POPE — CNN reports that a decision has been made: [snipped quote] We'll have more as more details become known. |
Captain Ed: Ratzinger Transforms To Benedict XVI — The conclave of cardinals at the Vatican has determined the successor to John... Norbizness: His Holiness, Pope Penis-Thumb the First — Don't make me use the iron claw, Monsignor Renfield! (official photo... Kehaar: My guess for the new name is "Pope Bob" — CNN.com - White smoke, bells signal selection of new pope - Apr 19, 2005 New Pope! |
Senate Panel Delays Vote on Bolton to U.N. By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - John R. Bolton's nomination as U.N. ambassador suffered an unexpected setback Tuesday when a Republican-controlled Senate committee scrapped plans for a vote in favor of a fresh look at allegations of unbecoming conduct. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: TAWDRY — If the allegations about John Bolton are true, then I can certainly understand delaying the vote on his nomination. John @PowerLine: Senate Slanderfest to Continue — This is bad news: Senator George Voinovich broke ranks today, along with Chuck Hagel,... |
Ann Althouse: There's the postponement of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote on John Bolton, over some mystifying story of... Steve Soto: In a surprising turnaround just now, and after committee chairman Dick Lugar thought he had the votes to push John... |
Senate panel delays vote on Bolton nomination CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee delayed a scheduled vote Tuesday on President Bush's pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and could call nominee John Bolton back for more testimony. | |
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Kevin Drum: Now that George Voinovich has provided cover by suggesting he's likely to vote against Bolton, will Chaffee and Hagel switch too? Ntodd: Reform Is Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose — Well, some good news came from an expected quarter today:... |
Captain Ed: Today's victim left twisting in the wind was played by John Bolton, and the role of Brutus was filled by George... TChris: Bolton: Not Yet — Thwarting the administration's (and Sen. Lugar's) hope for a quick committee vote in favor of John... |
The Hard Line on Ratzinger By / Weekly Standard — Permalink THE MEDIA clichés are already hardening around Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, just hours after becoming Pope Benedict XVI. Will they brook any dissent from the caricature they're drawing? | |
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Damian Penny: Ratzinger/Benedict is being savaged for his "strictness" and "conservatism" in the press, primarily by writers who praise the Iranian mullahs for being "moderate". QD @SouthernAppeal: Media Line on Benedict XVI: Jon Last over at the Weekly Standard has collected the quickly hardening CW on the new Pope. |
Hugh Hewitt: Catholics in America are getting quite an introduction in agenda journalism today, as report after report sells the liberal line about the new pope. Ramesh Ponnuru: "THE HARD LINE ON RATZINGER" — Jonathan Last: "The media clichés are already hardening around Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, just hours after becoming Pope Benedict XVI." |
Cardinal Ratzinger's Challenge By / WaPo — Permalink ROME — The words broke like a thunderclap inside St. Peter's Basilica. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, addressing the world's cardinals just hours before they sequestered themselves Monday to choose the next leader of the world's 1 billion Catholics, decided to define this conclave. | |
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Michelle Malkin: Betcha didn't know there were so many! More: E.J. Dionne in today's Washington Post on Cardinal Ratzinger's challenge. Stanley Kurtz: The problem here strikes me as closely related to a statement by Cardinal Ratzinger, quoted today by E. J. Dionne. Sam Rosenfeld: Not too much to add on the new pope, but readers who haven't already should read E.J. Dionne's miraculously timed column... |
Hugh Hewitt: Never Engage, Never Explain, Always Avoid and Obscure: The Intellectual Collapse of the Left — Three things: E.J... Ezra Klein: Update: EJ Dionne has some thoughts, Andy Sullivan is markedly unhappy, The Corner is typing so fast that the magazine... Stuart Buck: (See here and here; E.J. Dionne flirts with the term here.) How utterly bizarre. |
| Also: Betsy Newmark, Orrin Judd | |
Pharmacies Balk on After-Sex Pill and Widen Fight in Many States NYT — Permalink CHICAGO, April 18 - As a fourth-generation pharmacist whose drugstore still sits on the courthouse square of his conservative small town downstate, State Senator Frank Watson knew exactly what side to take when Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich ordered pharmacies to... | |
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Jeff Goldstein: So, y'know, sorry... Good (if heated) discussion over the private property rights of pharmacy owners—when weighed... Fontana Labs: Working on the sex pharm — Jesse of Pandagon has a rather dismissive note on pharmicists refusing to dispense what the... TheAnchoress: Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has ordered that pharmicists must fill the orders regardless of their personal feelings. |
John Cole: This is one: "A fourth-generation pharmacist whose drugstore still sits on the courthouse square of his conservative... Riggsveda @Corrente: Big story in the NYTimes on the Conscience Claws: "In some states, legislators are pushing laws that would explicitly... Chris Mooney: Plan B, Abortion, and Divine Creation — I am getting really sick of these stories about self-important pharmacists... |
| Also: Lindsay Beyerstein, Tom Maguire | |
The China Mess NRO — Permalink What are we thinking? There's a lot of bad political and economic blood developing between China and Japan, and China and the U.S. None of it is going to lead to any good. Anti-Japanese demonstrations have broken out in Shanghai and Hong Kong, with Chinese authorities looking on with winks and nods. | |
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Jan Haugland: The mess in China — Larry Kudlow is deeply worried about the current China-Japan conflict, as we all should be. Glenn Reynolds: LARRY KUDLOW says that China is a "mess," with no end in sight. Meanwhile, Joe Katzman rounds up all sorts of interesting information on the situation. |
Steve Antler: Gotta love him: Anti-Japanese demonstrations have broken out in Shanghai and Hong Kong, with Chinese authorities looking on with winks and nods. Larry Kudlow: New NRO Column — Check out my new NRO column: The China Mess What are we thinking? Read the rest here. |
Choice and Its Enemies By / TCS — Permalink H.L. Mencken famously defined Puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone somewhere may be happy." Being a libertarian-conservative means being possessed of the haunting fear that someone somewhere is itching to play busybody on a level one might have once thought was inconceivable. | |
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Susanna Cornett: My kind of pro-choice — Pejman Yousefzadeh explores the new "libertarian paternalism" and isn't very impressed. Me either. Roger L. Simon: UPDATE: It's worth reading another excellent article — this one by Pejman Yousefzadeh (via Glenn) — for clues to the direct-connect between Canada/UN paternalism and corruption. Glenn Reynolds: PEJMAN YOUSEFZADEH is unabashedly pro-choice. |
Steve Antler: UPDATE: Pejman has some thoughts about this as well. UPDATE II: You have to know a little bit about life on the other side of the counter to understand all this. Pejman Yousefzadeh: MY TECH CENTRAL STATION COLUMN IS UP — In defense of choice. Many thanks to Steve Antler, Roger Simon and Glenn Reynolds for having already linked to it. |
Woe Canada By / NYT — Permalink I LOVE Canada: It's so clean! "Visiting Americans may be about to lose their favorite cliché about their chilly neighbor. Over the past few weeks, a judicial inquiry in Montreal has heard charges that Canada's governing Liberal Party was running a... | |
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Roger L. Simon: The Politics of Patronage — David Frum's superb column on Canada this morning makes our neighbor to the North sound suspiciously like the UN. Tom Smith: Oh Canada update — Conservative Canadian David Frum. I still think I would like Canada. Like Alaska without so much vice. Glenn Reynolds: WOE, CANADA: [snipped quote] Indeed. |
C. D. Harris: Not In My Lifetime — The Democrats are "a party built around certain policies and principles" rather than "a political... Orrin Judd: DEMOCRAT DREAMS: Woe Canada (DAVID FRUM, 4/19/05, NY Times) [snipped quote] Isn't that dystopian? |
The Missing Energy Strategy NYT — Permalink The House is moving quickly and with sad predictability toward approval of yet another energy bill heavily weighted in favor of the oil, gas and coal industries. In due course the Senate may give the country something better. | |
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Sam Rosenfeld: The New York Times offers a few righteous objections in an editorial today. Brad DeLong: (The New York Times Editorial Board Is a Clown Show Department) Outsourced to Ezra Klein: Ezra Klein: Heavens to Betsy! |
Ezra Klein: The New York Times has a tidy little editorial on the train wreck that is the House Energy Bill. Read it. Roger L. Simon: I agree with the New York Times editorial today bemoaning the oh-so-conventional energy bill making its lethargic way through our unimaginative Congress. |
German Doctrinal Overseer Ratzinger Elected Pope Reuters — Permalink VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the strict defender of Catholic orthodoxy for the past 23 years, was elected Pope on Tuesday despite a widespread assumption he was too old and divisive to win election. | |
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Mitch Berg: Habemas Papam — It's Ratzinger, reputedly an orthodox Catholic and very much one to follow in John Paul's footsteps. Vox Day: No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! [snipped quote] And his three most powerful weapons are... |
Steve Bainbridge: Reuters' "gracious" announcement reads: "German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the strict defender of Catholic orthodoxy for... |
Rove Decries Media Approach to Government By / AP — Permalink CHESTERTOWN, Md. - The media have started applying the horse race style of campaign coverage to daily reporting on government, leading to adversarial reporting that can obscure the truth just to create conflict, President Bush's chief political strategist said Monday. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Karl Rove: Press Coverage Is Shrill And Too Much Like A Horserace — They almost had to call the doctor, because I was... SK Bubba: Karl Rove on the Media — Rove Decries Media Approach to Government : [snipped quote] Excuse me if I can't work up much... |
Avedon Carol: Karl Rove pretends to disapprove of the media style that has so hugely benefited his candidate. These conservatives just crack me up. Mary @LeftCoaster: Open Thread — Bush's Brain asserts that people misunderestimate Bush saying, "He's one of the most intelligent,... |
Goodbye, Mr Mugabe Telegraph — Permalink Two Sunday Telegraph journalists, accused of flouting Zimbabwe's draconian media laws, were released last week after spending 10 days in a cockroach-infested jail. Toby Harnden, who feared he might be locked up for a year, describes their ordeal | |
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Iain Murray: Yet I think his latest adventure beats all; he was arrested in Zimbabwe for practicing journalism: [snipped quote] Toby... |
Norm Geras: Zimbawean jail — Some days in a hell hole. (Hat tip: JA.) |
Senate Panel Puts Off Bolton Vote Fox News — Permalink WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday unexpectedly postponed a vote on the nomination of John Bolton (search) to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations after White House pressure and a bitterly contentious meeting in which Democrats and a few Republicans expressed reservations about the nominee. | |
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Von @ObsidianWings: The Things We Do For Love — The vote on John Bolton's nomination to UN Ambassador, a nomination that I've gradually... |
Verity @SouthernAppeal: What the heck was Sen. George Voinovich thinking? |
Is John Bolton Going Down? By / Slate — Permalink Could it be that John Bolton is about to go down? Something amazing happened at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this afternoon. In nearly 30 years of watching Congress, off and on, I can't remember anything quite like it. | |
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Laura Rozen: Update III: Slate's Fred Kaplan was watching the stunning nomination hearing on C-Span and has great highlights plus analysis, already! |
Heather Hurlburt: So, if it did happen... Over on Slate, Fred Kaplan spins an interesting theory of how the renewed Bolton brouhaha forces... |
Senate Panel Delays Vote on Bolton for U.N. By / Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a setback to President Bush, Republicans on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday were forced to delay a vote on John Bolton's nomination as U.N. ambassador to examine new allegations against him of abusive conduct. | |
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Cernig: No doubt you have already heard that Republicans on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee were forced to delay a... |
Steve Clemons: Reuters reports: [snipped quote] I'm still stunned that the Senate is managing to find the right way on this outrageous nomination. |