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Reaction to Bolton's U.N. Appointment AP — Permalink Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. | |
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John Cole: The Bolton Hysteria Continues And the meltdown over the recess appointment continues: "It's sad that even while the... Kevin Aylward: Under the Constitution, a recess appointment during the lawmakers' August break would last until a newly elected... Jeff Goldstein: The Bolton Effect — Cliff May on the Bolton recess appointment: [quote] Bolton's opponents are saying he is "damaged."[end quote] |
Daniel Drezner: The myriad political responses to the decision include a lot of apoplexy from Democrats. Captain Ed: The comments have predictably shown their partisan bias. Republicans, except for George Voinovich, have offered their support and decried the necessity of a recess appointment. Baldilocks: When all the right people are screaming bloody murder about a decision, you know its a good one. UPDATE: Welcome Leftists! |
| Also: Gateway Pundit, Justin Gardner, Marc @USSNeverdock, Dave Meyer, Kathryn Jean Lopez | |
Bush Sidesteps Senate, Installs Bolton as U.N. Envoy By / WaPo — Permalink President Bush sidestepped the U.S. Senate on Monday and installed controversial nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, saying the post was "too important to leave vacant any longer." | |
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Steve M.: Oh, sorry — I guess I'm supposed to be angry about the Bolton recess appointment. It just doesn't seem worth the bother, though. Norbizness: Obstruction is now defined as "people from both parties requesting information and threatening not to take action until... Tom @BeggingToDiffer: TROUBLE OR NOTHING — Looks like President Bush has made John Bolton UN Ambassador via a recess appointment. |
Barbara O'Brien: Bush snubbed the Senate and made John Bolton the new UN Ambassador through recess appointment. Justin Gardner: Washington Post has the news… The AP has the reactions… Balloon Juice has some good thoughts on over... Stygius: Not much more to say, except to point to the New York Times and Washington Post report. |
| Also: Judd @ThinkProgress, Ken Masugi, Guest @ThinkProgress, Lambert @Corrente, Paul @PowerLine, McQ, Michael Froomkin, Kathryn Jean Lopez | |
Bush Appoints Bolton As U.N. Ambassador By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - President Bush sidestepped the Senate and installed embattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, ending a five-month impasse with Democrats who accused Bolton of abusing subordinates and twisting intelligence to fit his conservative ideology. | |
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Joe Gandelman: Bush Does Recess Appointment To Send Bolton To UN — President George Bush today bypassed the Senate and used a recess... Forkum: John Bolton — From AP: Bush Appoints Bolton, Bypassing Senate. [snipped quote] Our previous editorial cartoons about Bolton Mott Street: Some style editing. It is done. Bolton is headed to the u.n. |
Dave Meyer: The AP story on the appointment doesn't do justice to the severity of Bolton's problems, and doesn't get into the challenges he's now going to face at the UN. John @AmericaBlog: Democrats: Bush needs to be made to pay a price for this appointment. Rest of World: This man has no credibility and we don't support him. Michelle Malkin: BOLTONBLOGGING: LIBS SPUTTER — Mark Coffey brings you The Top Ten Leftist Reactions to the Bolton recess appointment. |
| Also: Montag, Jayson @PoliPundit | |
Ex-CIA official's remark is wrong By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink A statement attributed to the former CIA spokesman indicating that I deliberately disregarded what he told me in writing my 2003 column about Joseph Wilson's wife is just plain wrong. | |
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Jesse Taylor: Bob Novak's back, and although there are plenty of people far more versed in the Harlow story and the background on... Kevin Drum: NOVAK COMES OUT FROM HIDING...Robert Novak has a column today in which he defends himself against charges that he outed... James Joyner: Ex-CIA official's remark is wrong (CST) (also here) [snipped quote] Very odd and cryptic. |
Tom Maguire: Novak Is Back — Bob Novak is back, defending himself from the criticism launched by former CIA press spokesperson Bill Harlow in last week's WaPo. Barbara O'Brien: Rain Check? I'm sorry haven't gotten around to commenting on Bob Novak's column today. Jim Romenesko: Novak: Ex-CIA rep's comment about me "is just plain wrong" — Chicago Sun-Times In a column that his lawyers urged him... |
| Also: Jeralyn Merritt, Taegan Goddard, Larry Johnson, Joe @AmericaBlog, Josh Marshall | |
Bush appoints Bolton as U.N. ambassador CNN — Permalink EXPERIENCE: Until recently, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security since May 11, 2001; assistant U.S. attorney general, 1985-1989; assistant administrator for program and policy coordination, U.S. Agency for International... | |
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Talking Dog: Needless to say, the President's policies (whatever they are!) would seem to be working... I guess we'll also be... Captain Ed: Bolton Gets The Recess Nod — John Bolton accepted a recess appointment as ambassador to the United Nations this... Roger L. Simon: Recess!... Gimme that Rude — CNN is reporting that Bush plans to make a recess appointment of John Bolton as our UN Ambassador in a few minutes. |
Ezra Klein: On Bolton, On Blitzer, On Cheney and Condi — Bolton, as you no doubt know, just got himself a recess appointment. Jesse Taylor: The Live Comments Of President Bush On The Appointment Of John Bolton — The previous five months this dickweed wasn't at the U.N., it was okay. James Joyner: Source: Bush to appoint Bolton to U.N. (CNN) [snipped quote] This strikes me as a big mistake. |
| Also: Jeffrey Dubner, RJ Eskow | |
Bush Appoints Bolton as U.N. Envoy, Bypassing Senate By / NYT — Permalink President Bush bypassed the Senate confirmation process today and appointed John R. Bolton as the new United States ambassador to the United Nations. At the White House, President Bush congratulated John R. Bolton on his appointment as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. | |
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John Cole: Bolton Appointed And Bush appoints Bolton: resident Bush will bypass the Senate confirmation process on John R... Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: Bush To Senate, UN, World: Screw You by hilzoy From the NYTimes: [quote] "President Bush bypassed the Senate confirmation...[end quote] Taegan Goddard: Bush Bypasses Senate on Bolton — President Bush [snipped quote] the New York Times reports. |
Baldilocks: It never was. [quote] "Because of partisan delaying tactics by a handful of senators, John was unfairly denied the up-or-down vote that he deserves," the president said. [end quote] MarkInMexico: UPDATE: The New York Times reports that Sen. Christopher Dodd said, [snipped quote] Now that's certainly a scary thought. James Joyner: Bush Appoints Bolton as U.N. Envoy, Bypassing Senate - New York Times — Bush Appoints Bolton as U.N. Envoy, Bypassing Senate - New York Times |
| Also: Laura Rozen | |
A Look at Presidential Recess Appointments AP — Permalink Presidents since George Washington have made appointments during congressional recesses to fill positions in the executive and judicial branches. Under the Constitution, the president can make temporary appointments while the Senate is in recess, without Senate approval. | |
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John Cole: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy Others who deviously abused their power and operated under a cloak of secrecy include the... Marc @USSNeverdock: Clinton made recess appointments 140 times! Taegan Goddard: The AP reviews previous recess apppointments and Slate explains when the tactic can be used. Link | Related News |
Captain Ed: ADDENDUM: Here's an interesting look at recess appointments by recent presidents. Betsy Newmark: Drudge links to this handy list comparing other recent presidents and their recess appointments. Kathryn Jean Lopez: NOT THE FIRST.... A little historic perspective on recess nominations. |
Funds of a Bronx Youth Group Allegedly Lent to Air America By / New York Sun — Permalink The top executive at a Bronx youth organization said yesterday that the former director of Air America Radio received more than $800,000 in loans for himself and the radio network from the nonprofit organization while serving as its development director. | |
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Brian Maloney: While Air America's personalities and the mainstream media (MSM) remain silent on the growing scandal, one where it... TheAnchoress: Air America case still "non-story" to NYTimes It seems the NY Sun is now covering the story of Air America's apparent... Michelle Malkin: Air America's pom-pom squad at the New York Times remains silent, but the New York Sun's David Lombino advances the... |
Paul @Wizbang: The New York Sun looks into the story and they are starting to find the rest of the iceberg: Funds of a Bronx Youth... Captain Ed: The Continuing Scandal At Air America — The New York Sun takes on the Air America story today and advances it by leaps... La Shawn Barber: (They borrowed money from a non-profit?) The Karl-Rove-blows-CIA-agent 's-cover was a manufactured "scandal" that proved... |
Let's face facts, Europe's being run by cowards The Australian — Permalink THE writer Henryk Broder recently issued a withering indictment: Europe, your family name is appeasement. That phrase resonates because it is so terribly true. | |
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Gateway Pundit: Europe's Appeasement — Mathias Doepfner writes today in The Australian about the shameful past of the Europeans and the... Arthur Chrenkoff: Fighting words from a German — Pretty strong words from Mathias Doepfner, chief executive of German media group Axel... Michael DeBow: From the "let's not mince words" department: Recommended reading today on the rest of the West includes "Let's face... |
MarkInMexico: Germans to offer terrorists a holiday — Mathias Doepfner, chief executive of German media group Axel Springer, writing in The Australian, says, "Europe, thy name is Cowardice." Jeff Goldstein: From The Australian. [snipped quote] Read the whole thing. Then, when you're finished, luxuriate in the irony of this. Marc @USSNeverdock: Europe - Europe, thy name is Cowardice — And that's coming from a European! - Mathias Doepfner is chief executive of German media group Axel Springer. |
| Also: Stanley Kurtz | |
Sudan Turns Violent After a Leader Dies AP — Permalink KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Rioters burned cars and threw stones in Sudan's capital on Monday after a helicopter crash killed the country's vice president, who until recently was a southern rebel leader. | |
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Jan Haugland: Garang's death causes Sudan riots — Sudenese leader John Garang's untimely death in a helicopter accident yesterday leaves Sudan shaken. Mark Leon Goldberg: Grinnell College alumnus, University of Iowa-educated doctor of agricultural economics, and most recently vice president... James Joyner: Sudan Turns Violent After a Leader Dies — Sadly, if predictably, a helicopter crash which killed Sudan's vice president, John Garang, has led to mass rioting and death. |
Gary Farber: It's quite impossible for me, sitting in Boulder, Colorado, to predict the consequences of John Garang's death in a... Michael Young: Meanwhile, in Sudan, the leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, John Garang, was killed in a helicopter crash yesterday. |
The abuse of my integrity provokes this response By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink A statement attributed to the former CIA spokesman indicating that I deliberately disregarded what he told me in writing my 2003 column about Joseph Wilson's wife is just plain wrong. | |
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Nico @ThinkProgress: Today, Novak responded with an emotional defense of his initial column: read more » "[Harlow's remarks] gave the... QWQ @DailyKos: Novak has a new column out responding to the statements of former CIA spokesman Bill Harlow, as quoted in last Wednesday's front page Washington Post story. Hugh Hewitt: Waiting for Godovak — When Mt. Bob blows, it is going to be fun. |
Digby: Today he writes a column "defending" himself that opens up one big ole can of worms again. Judd @ThinkProgress: Novak Debunks Rove's Word Parsing — Robert Novak, 8/01/05: [quote] He told the Post reporters he had "warned" me that if I "did write about it, her name should not be revealed."[end quote] Jonah Goldberg: PLAME, HE ROARED — Bob Novak breaks his silence (narrowly). Certain corners of the blogosphere must be scrambling their jets. |
Who's Paying for Our Patriotism? By / WaPo — Permalink President Bush assures us that the ongoing twin wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are worth the sacrifices they entail. Editorialists around the nation agree and say that a steadfast American public was willing to stay the course. | |
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Gene @HarrysPlace: Inequality of sacrifice — Uwe Reinhardt, a professor of political economy at Princeton and the father of a Marine,... Brad DeLong: War on the Cheap — Uwe Reinhardt is not at all happy: Who's Paying for Our Patriotism? Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: We Shall Pay No Price, Bear No Burden, Meet No Hardship... (Well, Most Of Us.) by hilzoy Uwe Reinhardt, a health... |
Asheesh Siddique: As Princeton economist Uwe Reinhardt noted in yesterday's Washington Post, the Bush administration has delivered rhetoric, not results, to America's soldiers. Nick Gillespie: There is data from Vietman War which suggests that, at least in terms of fatalities, class did not play the role normally ascribed to it. Atrios: Scrap Heap — Uwe Reinhardt: When our son, then a recent Princeton graduate, decided to join the Marine Corps in 2001, I... |
Bush Appoints Bolton, Bypassing Senate By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - President Bush sidestepped the Senate and installed embattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, ending a five-month impasse with Democrats who accused Bolton of abusing subordinates and twisting intelligence to fit his conservative ideology. | |
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Kevin Aylward: Bush Sidesteps Senate, Appoints Bolton To UN — Poor Kofi, that mean bully Bolton is coming to wreak havoc in his... Dr. Steven Taylor: Bush's Basic Argument on Bolton — Via the AP: Bush Appoints Bolton As U.N. Ambassador [snipped quote] Quite right. |
Patrick Carver: Pres. Bush has recess-appointed John Bolton to be UN Ambassador. |
Bad to the Last Drop By / NYT — Permalink IT'S summertime, and odds are that at some point during your day you'll reach for a nice cold bottle of water. But before you do, you might want to consider the results of an experiment I conducted with some friends one summer evening last year. | |
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Ogged @Unfogged: Tap — This is pretty funny. IT'S summertime, and odds are that at some point during your day you'll reach for a nice cold bottle of water. Gary Farber: I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY that I've never bought a bottle of water in my life. |
Tarek @LiquidList: The Economist's Tom Standage notes the incredible waste that is bottled water in todays New York Times. |
Bible Course Becomes a Test for Public Schools in Texas NYT — Permalink HOUSTON, July 31 - When the school board in Odessa, the West Texas oil town, voted unanimously in April to add an elective Bible study course to the 2006 high school curriculum, some parents dropped to their knees in prayerful thanks that God would be returned... | |
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Amanda Marcotte: Of course, it was exactly this part of West Texas where the school board added a Bible study course to the high school curriculum. Michael @AmericaBlog: Here's a story about people trying to push their own, narrow interpretation of the Bible into the public school... Ed Brayton: And this morning's New York Times points out just how far such courses go in achieving that goal. |
Tarek @LiquidList: Here's another item about the growing scourge of the National Council on Bible Curriculum. Edward: The New York Times today reports that the NCBCPS claims to have "175,000 students in 312 school districts in 37 states"... Ann Althouse: Here's an article about the push by the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools to do what its name says: add the study of the Bible to public school curricula. |
| Also: Ed Cone, Glenn Smith, Christy @ThinkProgress, Kevin Drum, Echidne, Pudentilla | |
Table of contents By / American Enterprise Magazine — Permalink How well have we responded to 9/11/01? Overseas, we've accomplished a lot. But at home, many Americans have shifted right back to their September 10 views. Eminent domain=hot politics. Our judicial bosses. Who are parks are for? Africa's harmful aid. | |
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TheAnchoress: And??? Betsy Newmark points to this Karl Zinsmeister piece in the American Enterprise Magazine, and it's worth reading. |
Betsy Newmark: The American Enterprise Magazine looks at where we are now that it is almost four years after 9/11. |
BAD 'AIR' DAY New York Post — Permalink It's the kind of outrageous story that would raise the hackles of talk-show host Al Franken: A government-funded agency serving the needy lends nearly $500,000 to a shaky political radio network and is never repaid. Except it involves Franken's own Air America. | |
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TheAnchoress: As are CNN, Fox News the Washington Times and the NY Post. Marc @USSNeverdock: "The New York Post also has started to cover the issue, which should garner even more national attention." |
McQ: Just Curious ... ... but since I don't listen to Air America, I'm just wondering if they've been mentioning this on air? |
Judge Posner's Incorrect Verdict By / Slate — Permalink "How does Richard A. Posner do it?" ask the editors of the New York Times Book Review in the July 31 issue. By "it" the editors aren't inquiring about Judge Posner's bed-sports style but to his prolific way with words—"38 books, more than 300 articles and... | |
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Jim Romenesko: An answer for those who want to know how Posner does it — Slate Jack Shafer says if "Bad News" is any example of Judge... |
Atrios: Posner — Shafer gives him about 1/100th of the whacking he deserves, but it's a start. |
Triumph of the Machine By / NYT — Permalink The campaign for Social Security privatization has degenerated into farce. The "global war on terrorism" has been downgraded to the "global struggle against violent extremism" (pronounced gee-save), which is just embarrassing. | |
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Susie Madrak: The Agenda Krugman on BushCo's recent legislative "success": These bills don't have anything to do with governing,... Armando @DailyKos: Bush in Two Paragraphs — Krugman: [snipped quote] This is Bush in a nutshell — a lazy, ignorant, privileged fratboy who... |
Barbara O'Brien: I also want to draw your attention to a couple of significant columns in today's New York Times— Paul Krugman's "Triumph of the Machine" and Bob Herbert's "Who We Are." Matthew Yglesias: Why is it "Cafta" instead of "CAFTA" but "NATO" instead of "Nato"? I'm having a hard time seeing what the principled distinction is supposed to be. |
Bush Appoints Bolton to U.N. Job Fox News — Permalink WASHINGTON — President Bush bypassed Congress Monday and appointed John Bolton (search) to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. "This post is too important to leave vacant any longer, especially during a war and a vital debate about U.N. reform. | |
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Baldilocks: Kofi Annan, diplomatic veteran that he is, has enough sense to figure out what time it is. Scott Sala: Technorati Tags: Don+Goldwater Ed+Cox Theodore+Roosevelt+IV William+Taft Thomas+Dewey — Dummocrats.com linked with... |
MarkInMexico: Main Page Bolton appointed to UN Fox News reports that John Bolton has been made the Us ambassador to the United Nations in a recess appointment by President Bush. |
Miss Everett Teen USA 2004 enlists in Army AP — Permalink EVERETT - Miss Everett Teen USA 2004 is putting away her sash to put on a U.S. Army uniform. Last summer, Jennifer Cabanayan appeared at community events, including the Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival and the National Night Out Against Crime, as Miss Everett Teen USA 2004. | |
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TheAnchoress: Anyway, she's not joining the Marines, she's joining the Army. But Army didn't rhyme. :-) This is a pretty cool story. |
Ace: Teen USA Trades Tiara For Kevlar Helmet Kinda cool: [snipped quote] Very few pictures are available of her, although... |
Spy's Notes on Iraqi Aims Were Shelved, Suit Says By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, July 31 - The Central Intelligence Agency was told by an informant in the spring of 2001 that Iraq had abandoned a major element of its nuclear weapons program, but the agency did not share the information with other agencies or with senior policy makers, a former C.I.A. officer has charged. | |
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Susie Madrak: They were positive they'd find WMDs, whether they were there or not: WASHINGTON, July 31 - The Central Intelligence... Rep. John Conyers: Now, in today's New York Times comes another allegation of fixing the facts and intelligence around the policy. Barbara O'Brien: Presto Chango — According to James Risen in today's New York Times, in the spring of 2001 an informant told the CIA... |
Tom Maguire: The Extraordinary Reach (And Foresight) Of The NeoCons — The Times reveals the extraordinary power of the neocons, in... Michael @AmericaBlog: Because he was fired for telling the truth. [snipped quote] How many people need to come forward before the American people realize Bush lied to them? Juan Cole: Was a CIA analyst fired for coming up with a source that said there was no longer an Iraqi nuclear program, while Bush... |
| Also: Ogged @Unfogged, Pudentilla, Gary Farber, Laura Rozen | |
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies BBC — Permalink King Fahd, Saudi Arabia's ruler since 1982, has died. Saudi state television announced that Crown Prince Abdullah had been named as King Fahd's successor. King Fahd had been frail since suffering a stroke a decade ago and had delegated the running of the kingdom's affairs to Crown Prince Abdullah. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: How to Fake News: An Example — While I'm on the subject of "undersourced" news, as I am here and here—today's news... Pejman Yousefzadeh: KING FAHD DEAD — While Fahd is looked upon kindly for his efforts in strengthening ties between the United States and... Jay Tea: Breaking News: Saudi King Fahd reported dead — The BBC and other sources are reporting that the king of Saudi Arabia, King Fahd, has died. |
Jon Henke: King Fahd Dead — For better or worse, a new era in Saudi Arabian history is about to dawn... "King Fahd, Saudi Arabia's ruler since 1982, has died. Jan Haugland: Saud Arabia's King Fahd dead — King Fahd of Saudi Arabia is dead. Jonah Goldberg: KING FAHD HAS DIED — Official: [quote]"With all sorrow and sadness, the royal court in the name of his highness Crown Prince...[end quote] |
| Also: Orrin Judd | |
Sean blasts Hollywood idiots This Is London — Permalink He is an undisputed screen icon, the star of 77 films. For many he remains the definitive James Bond. But while Sir Sean Connery can still command 10million a movie, he says it would take a 'Mafia-like offer' to persuade him to make another. | |
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Bill Diamond: As reported by the Evening Standard under the headline "Sean Blasts Hollywood Idiots," 74-year-old Sir Sean was quoted... |
Ace: Sir Sean Connery Blasts Hollywood Idiots; Announces Retirement — Good stuff from the man Ian Fleming once slammed as "that Scottish lorry driver." |
When Tush Comes to Dove By / Slate — Permalink The spot: In print ads and on billboards, various "real women"—stripped down to their plain white undies—gleefully show us their "real curves." This campaign for Dove's new line of firming products (lotions and creams and such) is everywhere you look. | |
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Ezra Klein: Am I the only one unimpressed by the Dove ads? I mean, I'm all for curvy women getting their media due, but this doesn't quite seem the vehicle. |
Ogged @Unfogged: Maybe. (via farber) Oh: And, Slate's take on the Dove "real beauty" ads that we talked about a while back. |
U.K.'s top cop blasts ABC over leaked bomb photos By / Reuters — Permalink LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - Britain's top police officer has lashed out at ABC News' decision to televise leaked photographs of key evidence as part of its news coverage of the terror attacks in London. | |
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Gateway Pundit: And,... Jayson at Polipundit is reporting that Great Britain is upset with ABC, as well, for leaking the 7/7 bomb photos! |
Jayson @PoliPundit: Enemy, Thy Name is Liberal Media — Marking a conundrum of leftist lunacy, here's Reuters' report of Scotland Yard's and... |
Clinton's Pact With Centrist Council Offers Risk and Reward By / LAT — Permalink The new alliance between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and the Democratic Leadership Council is at once logical and risky. It's logical because it serves key interests of both partners. It's risky because it probably overestimates the extent to which their interests converge. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: All that notwithstanding, it strikes me as a bit odd for Ron Brownstein to use this issue as his example to bolster the... Orrin Judd: FROM HUNGER: Clinton's Pact With Centrist Council Offers Risk and Reward (Ronald Brownstein, August 1, 2005, LA Times)... |
Hugh Hewitt: Ronald Brownstein on Hillary but not on McCain — The Los Angeles Times' Ronald Brownstein writes on the 2008 presidential race today. |
Making Choices: Editors vs. Readers By / WaPo — Permalink Readers who wrote or called me last week were perplexed, or worse, about some of The Post's front-page news judgment, some of the language used in the paper and the fairness of a column by the paper's fashion critic. | |
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Jim Romenesko: More editor/ombud columns: > WP readers shocked by placement of London subway shooting story (WP) > Too much Sun coverage of Ehrlich's fundraiser at all-white club? Garrett M. Graff: In the pulling aside of the wizard's curtain department, the NYT's op-ed editor explained what he does yesterday, and... |
Michelle Malkin: In yesterday's column, the Style editor basically tells readers who complained about Robin Givhan's obnoxious... |
Two Prosecutors Faulted Trials for Detainees By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, July 31 - As the Pentagon was making its final preparations to begin war crimes trials against four detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, two senior prosecutors complained in confidential messages last year that the trial system had been secretly... | |
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Digby: For my second WTF, I find out that even prosecutors in the GITMO Kangaroo courts were appalled by the methods being used to find the "non-combatants" guilty. Avedon Carol: Matthew Yglesias picks up a related story at the NYT and observes that among their other accomplishments, the... Joe Gandelman: Meanwhile, the New York Times puts these allegations into a broader context, noting that they came amid a larger... |
Jacob Sullum: 'A Process That Appears to Be Rigged' — The New York Times reports that two Air Force lawyers assigned to prosecute... Matthew Yglesias: And now we learn that they've managed to get prosecutors to complain that trial rules are being rigged in their favor: ... Montag: NY Times: Two Prosecutors Faulted Trials for Detainees |
| Also: Jack Balkin, Michael Froomkin, Cookie Jill, Gary Farber, Jeralyn Merritt | |
UN nominee derided by Democrats as 'damaged goods' By / Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Senate Democrats on Sunday derided President Bush's embattled nominee for U.N. ambassador, John Bolton, as "damaged goods" and warned that his expected appointment without Senate confirmation cast doubt on U.S. credibility. | |
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Brendan Nyhan: Harry Reid asserts a John Bolton coverup — In an interview that was quoted by the Washington Post, Senator Harry Reid... |
Joe Gandelman: Democrats on Sunday labeled Bolton damaged goods. The BBC offers a profile of Bolton here. |
State Dept. Now Says Bolton Interviewed By / AP — Permalink John Bolton, President Bush's nominee for U.N. ambassador, neglected to tell Congress he had been interviewed in a government investigation into faulty prewar intelligence that Iraq was seeking nuclear materials in Africa, the State Department said. | |
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Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: Since those "partisan delaying tactics", we have learned that Bolton was not truthful in his Senate confirmation... |
Michael Froomkin: Bush Appoints 'I Forgot' Ambassador — Using a recess appointment, Bush Appoints Bolton as U.N. Envoy—thus appointing a... |
Morning Rush New Yorker — Permalink This week in the magazine, in "The Dawn Patrol," Ken Auletta writes about the battle between Katie Couric, the co-host of "Today," and Diane Sawyer, the co-host of "Good Morning America," for control of the morning-television audience. | |
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Brian Stelter: Auletta Thinks Couric Was "Lying To Herself" About The Runaway Bride Interview — The best part of the New Yorker's Q&A... |
Jim Romenesko: Couric is diva-like at times, but she can do a swell interview — The New Yorker Ken Auletta on the "Today" show star:... |
The Battle to Rebuild By / Opinion Journal — Permalink A foreign reporter recently asked Monsignor Rabban al Qas, Chaldean bishop of Amadiyah and Arbil, whether there is any good news coming out of Iraq. "Twenty-three Iraqis are killed every day in Iraq," the interviewer observed. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: Good news from Iraq, part 32 — Note: As always, also available from "The Opinion Journal" and Winds of Change. |
FrancoAlemán: IF IT'S MONDAY, it's turn for another take of Arthur Chrenkoff's roundup of good news from Iraq (the 32nd). |
Mexican mercenaries expand base into U.S. By / Washington Times — Permalink A renegade band of Mexican military deserters, offering $50,000 bounties for the assassination of U.S. law-enforcement officers, has expanded its base of operations into the United States to protect loads of cocaine and marijuana being brought into America by Mexican smugglers, authorities said. | |
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Randall Parker: Mexican Zeta Commandos Attacking US Border Patrol agents — Jerry Seper reports on the recruitment of Mexican anti-drug... Greg Ransom: Mexican port-of-entry An American President of another age would have put a stop to this using the U.S. military — "Mexican mercenaries expand base into U.S." James Joyner: Mexican mercenaries expand base into U.S.A. (Washington Times) [snipped quote] Lovely. |
McQ: Mexican Mercenaries offer bounty for US Law Enforcement Officers — Results of the drug war: [snipped quote] Look, common sense time. MarkInMexico: Main Page Zetas invade the United States The Washington Times tells us that the Zetas, a former elite Mexican Army... |
Saudi King Fahd dead CNN — Permalink (CNN) — Saudi Arabia's King Fahd — whose reign was marked by unprecedented prosperity, but whose close ties with the United States stirred the passions of Islamic militants — has died, Saudi Arabia's information minister announced Monday. | |
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John Cole: King Fahd Is Dead I wonder what, if any, impact this will have on the region: Saudi Arabia's King Fahd—whose reign... Dean Esmay: King Fahd Dead by Dean Saudi Arabia's King Fahd has died. |
Jeralyn Merritt: CNN notes that his "close ties with the United States stirred the passions of Islamic militants"; like the 9/11 hijackers. |
Why Roberts's religion matters By / Boston Globe — Permalink THE SUPREME COURT nomination of Judge John Roberts has reignited the controversy over faith and the confirmation process. Law professor Jonathan Turley has reported in The Los Angeles Times that during a meeting with Roberts on Capitol Hill, Senator Dick... | |
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Betsy Newmark: Cathy Young argues that judicial nominees should be asked about their religion. [snipped quote] I strongly disagree about asking about a candidate's religion. |
Orrin Judd: Why Roberts's religion matters (Cathy Young, August 1, 2005, Boston Globe) "Let's look at the Constitution. |
Oil Wealth Divides Iraqis By / LAT — Permalink BAGHDAD — It is crunch time for the drafters of Iraq's constitution, and one question above all has stymied them: whether Kurds and Shiites should control their own regions and the oil money they generate. | |
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Pudentilla: hush, ladies, the men have more important things to talk about — [snipped quote] one wonders whether it has ever... |
Stirling Newberry: The constitution is foundering on just that issue. Permalink Stirling Newberry - Comments (0) |
Fundamentally, we're useful idiots By / Times of London — Permalink ELEMENTS WITHIN the British establishment were notoriously sympathetic to Hitler. Today the Islamists enjoy similar support. In the 1930s it was Edward VIII, aristocrats and the Daily Mail; this time it is left-wing activists, The Guardian and sections of the BBC. | |
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Cernig: London Times Racist Rewrites History — Today, the London Times allowed a known racist to rewrite history in an attempt to justify some of it's readers' closet bigotry. Scott Burgess: (UPDATE: I should have also mentioned this Times article from Europe Correspondent Anthony Browne, which Harry's also points to. Ace: But just in case there are those who are willing to understand: "Fundamentally, we're useful idiots By Anthony Browne... |
TheAnchoress: Meanwhile Froggy Ruminations attends the funeral of Petty Officer James E. Suh and writes a moving report, and Anthony... David T: The Story So Far — If you've just started reading Harry's Place and are looking for a brief summary of the issues which... Marc @USSNeverdock: Britain - supporting Islamic fascism — The Times (UK) names names. "As the rest of Europe acts, extreme Islamists take advantage of British naivety. |
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Correcting the CIA By / Townhall.com — Permalink WASHINGTON — A statement attributed to the former CIA spokesman indicating that I deliberately disregarded what he told me in writing my 2003 column about Joseph Wilson's wife is just plain wrong. | |
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MarkInMexico: Writing in Town Hall, Robert Novak, the guy everyone is waiting to hear from regarding the Valerie Plame game, finally speaks out...sort of. Orrin Judd: BLOWBACK: Correcting the CIA (Robert Novak, August 1, 2005, Townhall) [snipped quote] You can tell the whole Yellowcake... |
McQ: Novak speaks out on Plame affair — Against the advice of his lawyers, Robert Novak is speaking out about the Plame... |
What Did They Say, and To Whom Did They Say It? By / WaPo — Permalink Journalists are expending plenty of time and energy these days accusing other journalists of the sin of ripping them off. They got there first and deserve proper credit, the complainants say, rather than having their hard work lifted without recognition. | |
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Brian Stelter: > Howard Kurtz examines a journalistic sin: A reporter gets a scoop, then another news organization lifts it without recognition. |
Jim Romenesko: Journalists accuse other journalists of ripping them off — Washington Post Howard Kurtz reports five recent incidents. |
Behind Murdoch Rift, a Media Dynasty Unhappy in Its Own Way By / NYT — Permalink The sudden exit of Rupert Murdoch's elder son, Lachlan, from his job at the News Corporation came amid family tensions over the future control of one of the world's largest media companies, people close to the Murdochs said. | |
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Brian Stelter: Following Lachlan Murdoch's resignation, there is "a possibility that Roger Ailes, who built the Fox News Channel and is... |
Jim Romenesko: Why Lachlan Murdoch quit his job at News Corporation — New York Times The 33-year-old deputy chief operating officer,... |
Leaked emails claim Guantanamo trials rigged ABC News — Permalink Leaked emails from two former prosecutors claim the military commissions set up to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay are rigged, fraudulent, and thin on evidence against the accused. | |
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Avedon Carol: According to The Contra Costa Times: [snipped quote] Meanwhile, posting a story from ABC (Australia) saying Leaked emails... Jack Balkin: JB The Australian Broadcasting Company is reporting that two former prosecutors for the Bush Administration's military... John Hawkins: Drastic Troop Cuts Are In The Pentagon's Secret Plans" "Iran Says Ready To Restart Nuclear Work Monday" "U.S. Evicted... |
Joe Gandelman: Allegations Surface That Guantanamo Trials Were Fixed — This is an allegation that could prove to be an ongoing problem... Cookie Jill: "- australian broacasting corporation" "as the pentagon was making its final preparations to begin war crimes trials... Susie Madrak: We Used to Be America But those days are gone: Leaked emails from two former prosecutors claim the military... |
| Also: John @AmericaBlog, Gary Farber, Hilzoy @ObsidianWings | |
Iran to resume nuclear programme BBC — Permalink Iran has announced it will resume its controversial nuclear programme imminently in the face of a European Union appeal to wait for talks. Officials said they would inform UN nuclear inspectors of the move on Monday and then begin converting raw uranium at a plant in Isfahan. | |
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Plutonium Page: As usual, the Bush administration is giving the finger to a major treaty, plus demonstrating its hypocrisy, especially... Captain Ed: Iran announced that they will once again begin processing uranium ore, a step that likely will bring an end to the... Roger L. Simon: Some British Understatement — You'd think that by now our British cousins would be having difficulty maintaining their... |
Natasha @PacificViews: BBC: Iran will restart their nuclear program, including the processing of raw uranium. Justin Gardner: From the BBC: "Iran says it will wait until later on Monday for European Union proposals on resolving the impasse over Tehran's nuclear programme. Jan Haugland: Iran about to resume uranium enrichment — Uh oh. Iran has announced it will resume its controversial nuclear programme... |
Europe Meets the New Face of Terrorism By / NYT — Permalink LONDON, July 31 - One attack was deadly, the other was not. But taken together, the two terrorist strikes that hit London in July highlight a new, more ominous face of terrorism in Europe. | |
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Cori Dauber: The New Face of Terror — Boy, if you read one article today, make this one it, even though it will scare you to death. Suzanne Nossel: So, in a month of dastardly attacks from London to Sharm el Sheikh to Baghdad, let's not let this bit of spin doctoring... |
Smash: Europe Meets the New Face of Terrorism — The New York Times "The London bombings have reinforced the lesson that, by... |
London faces lockdown to thwart third terror strike Times of London — Permalink THOUSANDS of police marksmen will be on London's streets and rooftops again today after warnings that another team of suicide bombers is plotting a third attack on the capital. The new group is believed to be made up of British Muslims who were understood to be close to staging an attack on the Underground network last week. | |
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Cernig: It's a tangled web and it's one the media ought to consider before writing headlines like this . Ace: Intel: Third London Strike Planned; City Faces Lockdown — Fictitious threat, Part 7,658. |
La Shawn Barber: Third London Attack Imminent — That is, if the cops fail to focus on young Middle Eastern and/or Muslim men with backpacks. Marc @USSNeverdock: The Times (UK) reports London is locked down today in an attempt to foil a third terrorist strike. |
Al Qaeda Link to Attacks in London Probed WaPo — Permalink LONDON, July 31 — British and Saudi investigators are examining a series of phone calls, text messages and e-mails between leaders of the al Qaeda network in Saudi Arabia and unknown people in Britain from February to May for possible links to the recent bomb... | |
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Cori Dauber: Today's Washington Post doesn't quite come out and say that explicitly, although it comes closer than many of the... Laura Rozen: But the Washington Post reports this strange coincidence: "The only tangible link between the two sets of bombers,... |
Joe Gandelman: British And Saudis Investigate Al Qaeda Link To Bombings — The relationship between Al Qaeda and the recent bombings in... Susie Madrak: Coming Attractions So. Are we invading Saudi Arabia now? |
Editor & Publisher Magazine - Newspaper Industry Authority - Newspaper Editorial Columns - Newspaper Publishing Business By / Editor and Publisher — Permalink The Blade of Toledo, Ohio, is on top of the news- paper world, thanks to its "Coingate" reports (see p. 34). But while the paper is rightly thumping its chest with each new revelation, it's also coming under some scrutiny — not for what it has printed, but for what it may not have. | |
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Atrios: Schmidt Media Strategist - Former Blade Reporter and Good Buddy of Noe — Shocking. Joe @AmericaBlog: Atrios points us to another one via E&P. It really does seem Noe had some type of dealing with everyone in the Ohio Republican Party. |
Stephen Burt: Stephen Burt: your daily dose o'hackett — Today's Hackett news: more sleazy ties, albeit at one remove, connecting... Armando @DailyKos: OH-2: The Coingate Connection, Noe and Schmidt — Schmidt Advisor Had Close Relationship With Noe, via atrios: [snipped quote] Emphasis mine. |
'Actions were a peaceful protest over the Iraq war' Times of London — Permalink THE lawyer representing Hussain Osman, the London bomb suspect, said that he had denied that the failed attacks on July 21 had anything to do with the bombings a fortnight earlier. Antonietta Sonnessa said last night: "My client says his action was purely demonstrative. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: Peaceful and non-violent bombing in London — Unbelievable: "The lawyer representing Hussain Osman, the London bomb... |
Betsy Newmark: So, I guess the defense for the 7/21 bombers is that they were so incompetent that they couldn't have meant any harm by it. |
US shifts anti-terror policy By / Financial Times — Permalink The US is working with Britain and France to undermine the appeal of Muslim extremism by reaching out to moderate groups, in a sign that its counter-terrorism strategy is moving beyond the "war on terror". | |
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Glenn Smith: Bush's New World Peace Czar Bombed in New Haven — The announcement that Philip Zelikow is now in charge of world peace is a little, uh, eerie. Stirling Newberry: Shhh, The Liberals were right — US Government now shifts to focusing on root causes of terrorism's appeal. |
Gregory Djerejian: Strategic Adjustments — Guy Dinmore, the FT's intrepid man about Washington: [snipped quote] Zelikow is tight with Condi so this effort is definitively blessed from the very top. |
HELEN THOMAS ANGRY AFTER 'KILL SELF' OVER CHENEY COMMENTS PUBLISHED Drudge Report — Permalink White House press doyenne Helen Thomas is plenty peeved at her longtime friend Albert Eisele, editor of THE HILL newspaper in Washington, D.C. In a column this week headlined "Reporter: Cheney's Not Presidential Material," Eisele quoted Thomas as saying "The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. | |
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Avedon Carol: The Man Who Made Kathie Lee Cry is Charles Kernaghan, still fighting for the working people. (via) This whole "can dish... Betsy Newmark: Reportedly, Helen Thomas is very angry at her friend for reporting what she said about killing herself if Dick Cheney runs for president. Lorie Byrd: "Whack Job" - What A Shock — Betsy Newmark asks if the reason Helen Thomas is so mad at the reporter/friend who made... |
Jeff Goldstein: For the record, though, I am quite neutral about mustard—and nobody'd better accuse Helen Thomas of harboring an... Ed Driscoll: Glenn Reynolds links to Matt Drudge's latest update on Helen Thomas's meltdown after being caught saying that "I'll kill... Arthur Chrenkoff: Well, not quite: [snipped quote] Well, Helen, now you know how everyone else's feels. |
| Also: MarkInMexico, Mike Rappaport, Glenn Reynolds, Jonah Goldberg | |
When They Knew By / Time — Permalink As the investigation tightens into the leak of the identity of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame, sources tell TIME some White House officials may have learned she was married to former ambassador Joseph Wilson weeks before his July 6, 2003, Op-Ed piece criticizing the Administration. | |
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Susie Madrak: Rovegate Via War & Piece, this from Time: As the investigation tightens into the leak of the identity of covert CIA... Matthew Yglesias: Time has a short piece that seems to shed some light on the chronology of the Plame leak: [snipped quote] This via John... Tom Maguire: TIME on Plame — TIME magazine tries to fix the date at which the news in the INR memo was circulated, and crushes... |
Joe Gandelman: Rove Is Plame Confusing — It's getting curiouser and curiouser and downright confusing in the Plame scandal, dubbed... John Podhoretz: THE STATE DEPARTMENT PLOT THICKENS — Time Magazine has a new story about the revelation of Valerie Plame's name — a... Barbara O'Brien: Karl's Klues — Maybe even less than a clue, but interesting ... Massimo Calabresi writes in Time magazine that it... |
| Also: Faiz @ThinkProgress, Newsie8200 @DailyKos, PGL, Jeralyn Merritt, Laura Rozen, Cookie Jill, Joe @AmericaBlog, Taegan Goddard, Orrin Judd | |
Teens arrested for burning 20 small U.S. flags AP — Permalink FAIRFIELD, Ohio — Two teenage boys were charged Thursday with burning 20 small American flags set up in honor of a soldier who died from injuries suffered in the Iraq war. | |
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Jesse Taylor: Except not. Turns out it was two teenagers on a night of vandalism-oriented hijinks (damn those hijinks!), and Captain's Quarters apologized...sorta. Captain Ed: Well, I was wrong. It turned out to be pointless after all: [snipped quote] To be honest, I'm not sure what's worse —... MarkInMexico: Chicago Sun-Times: "Teens arrested for burning 20 small U.S. flags" Then the first paragraph of this thoroughly... |
Justin Gardner: From the Sun Times: "Police said the boys apparently did not know the significance of the flags they took from the yard... Glenn Reynolds: FUNERAL FLAG-BURNING UPDATE: [snipped quote] So I guess they just thought they were burning flags, and a car, belonging... Betsy Newmark: They caught two teenagers who burned the 20 small flags that had been set up in honor of a soldier who died in Iraq. |
Prickly Protest By / Fox News — Permalink Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: The ACLU (search) plans to investigate whether random bag searches on buses and trains violate riders' civil liberties, but most Americans apparently see the measures as a proper safety precaution. | |
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Brian Maloney: And third, via Brit Hume of FOX News (as originally reported by John Mainelli of the New York Post): An Air America... Captain Ed: Apparently that little detail didn't go unnoticed by Air America's other critics, and the netlet's spokesperson told Fox... |
Barbara O'Brien: How to Fake News: Intermediate Level — Brit Hume of Faux Nooz on the Air America Allegations discussed here: "Funding... Paul @Wizbang: But this week they told FoxNews: "We're committed to paying this money and the terms are being worked out... We are awaiting direction from the investigation into how to proceed." |
Newspaper Industry Headlines - Top Newspaper Publishing Stories - News Media Reporting - Recent Journalism Articles Editor and Publisher — Permalink A delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has met with jailed New York Times reporter Judith Miller in the Alexandria Detention Center. "At the end of our 30-minute conversation," said former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw, "it was emphatically clear... | |
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Garrett M. Graff: Arianna Huffington is continuing her unique take on Judy Miller, who remains in an Arlington jail, where she was visited by Tom Brokaw and others. MarkInMexico: Main Page Brokaw blames government for Miller's jailing Editor and Publisher prints this incredible report about Tom... TheAnchoress: Tom Brokaw begins his political career I have no doubt that within 3-4 years you will see Tom Brokaw on the national political stage, somwhere, as a candidate. |
Jim Romenesko: "Great story, but it didn't happen," writes Roy Rivenburg. Joe @AmericaBlog: Prosecutors love to find those inconsistencies. E&P has a write up on the Time article, too. |
Drawing Down Iraq Newsweek — Permalink Aug. 8, 2005 issue - Donald Rumsfeld doesn't like long-term occupations. He's always made that clear. After U.S. forces took Baghdad, the Defense secretary had plans to reduce the U.S. presence in Iraq to 40,000 troops by the fall of 2003. Then the insurgency struck. | |
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James Joyner: Drawing Down Iraq (Newsweek, 8 Aug) [snipped quote] Of course, this all depends on one's definition of "success." Orrin Judd: SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO PLAN A: Drawing Down Iraq: Drastic troop cuts are in the Pentagon's secret plans. |
John Hawkins: Daily News For August 1, 2005 — Foreign "Claim: Drawing Down Iraq. Steve Soto: Yes, when we leave (which despite the lies from Rummy he is actively planning for before the 2006 midterms), but what will we leave behind? |
The $8.78 Million Maneuver By / NYT — Permalink Pop quiz: What do the water bills at Stanford have in common with library expenditures at the University of Illinois? Answer: Everything, if you are a law school looking to increase your U.S. News & World Report ranking. | |
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Mike Rappaport: The New York Times has an interesting piece on this, which starts with this amazing example: "Consider library costs at... Glenn Reynolds: GAMING THE LAW-SCHOOL RANKING SYSTEM: [snipped quote] An obsession with rankings is usually a sign of small-mindedness,... Todd Zywicki: US News: In case you missed it in the NY Times, eye-opening article on US News Law School Rankings methodology. |
Spoons: LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS — Glenn has a piece about the gaming of the stupid U.S. News Law School rankings. Fair enough — they are stupid. Ann Althouse: Here's an article by law school memoirist Alex Wellen about gaming the U.S. News & World Report ranking system: "As... |
We French are pathetic losers, says ad chief By / Telegraph — Permalink The President of one of the world's biggest advertising agencies has issued a damning state-of-the-nation assessment that describes France as being in steep decline and his countrymen as "narrowed and stunted". | |
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Don: THE FRENCH: CONFESSED LOSERS — From the Telegraph of London: Maurice Lvy, the head of the media giant Publicis, whose... Betsy Newmark: When a prominent French businessman can publish an essay with the title, "We French are pathetic losers" and get... |
Captain Ed: French Adman: We Are A Nation Of Children — The president of France's largest advertising agency has delivered a... Stanley Kurtz: A prominent French businessman has made a big splash with a bold opinion piece that argues, "We French are pathetic losers." |
Mainstream media suppress Iraq optimism By / Townhall.com — Permalink Editorial page associate editor Mark Yost at the Knight-Ridder newspaper the St. Paul Pioneer Press committed a major boo-boo. He penned a provocative column on media coverage of the Iraq war, observing that from what his contacts there told him - with apologies to Johnny Mercer - the mainstream media are accentuating the negative and ignoring the positive. | |
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TheAnchoress: Mark Yost wrote about this and was quickly assailed by members of his profession who took umbrage at his remarks, as Michael Fumento reports (with many additional links). Jeff Goldstein: And see this related piece on the rhetorical biases of a holed-up press corp, compliments of Michael Fumento, via Faces... |
Justin Gardner: Perspective On Iraq War Coverage — Michael Fumento takes a look at Iraq war coverage and think it's extremely slanted to favor the bad news. Glenn Reynolds: MICHAEL FUMENTO reports on press negativity about Iraq, and tells me something I didn't know: [snipped quote] Read the whole thing. |
Exclusive: Secret Memo--Send to Be Tortured Newsweek — Permalink What's this? Aug. 8, 2005 issue - An FBI agent warned superiors in a memo three years ago that U.S. officials who discussed plans to ship terror suspects to foreign nations that practice torture could be prosecuted for conspiring to violate U.S. law, according to a copy of the memo obtained by NEWSWEEK. | |
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Digby: I have long been skeptical of the CIA because of the CIA's history of bad acts around the world that were not sanctioned... Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: Still Not Surprised by hilzoy From Newsweek: [snipped quote] No surprises here either, although the extent to which this... Jeralyn Merritt: FBI Agent Warned About Illegality of Rendition — A supervisory FBI agent assigned to Guantanamo wrote a memo to his... |
Avedon Carol: It's not like the administration wasn't told that they were planning to violate US law: An FBI agent warned superiors in... Gary Farber: ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEMO; this from within the FBI. |
Moderation in the Pursuit of Victory By / NYT — Permalink "I AM pro-life," Bill Frist, the Senate Republican leader, announced last week, elucidating his decision to buck President Bush and support expanded federal financing for embryonic stem cell research. "I also believe," he added a bit later, "that embryonic stem cell research should be encouraged and supported." | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Nick Confessore wisely chose to focus his week in review article about the moderate wannabes on John McCain who one can... Taegan Goddard: Pushing Moderation Aside for Victory in 2008 — "In recent years, cultural conservatives, once the fiery insurgents of... |
Tom Maguire: In a related story, Nick Confessore, formerly of TAP, explains to Times readers the state of play for various Republican moderates aspiring to the Presidency. Justin Gardner: This particular op-ed piece comes from the NY Times and concerns itself with conservatives across the spectruym like... |
Seething Unease Shaped British Bombers' Newfound Zeal By / NYT — Permalink LEEDS, England, July 30 - Mohammad Sidique Khan was never on the corner, a detail friends offer as a compliment. In a neighborhood where many young South Asian men had lost their way, or foundered into drug dealing, Mr. Khan's peers admired his focus on family, work, working out, and Islam. | |
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Mark Krikorian: The point is not to invent a counterfeit "nation of immigrants" mythology but to cast some doubt on the frequent... Fontana Labs: Youth of today — As a sort of follow-up to Ogged's post about rights and alienation, this is an interesting article... Cori Dauber: Aside from the fact that I have no godly idea what on earth "seething unease" is, this front page article in today's Times left me deeply uneasy. |
Don: From the top front-page story today: [The suicide bombers] were part of a larger clique of young British-raised ... Arthur Chrenkoff: "The New York Times" continues (registration required): [snipped quote] And in other ways, the transformation has had negative elements - and the rest is now history. Mediacrity: Article No. 1 appears on the front page and is by Amy Waldman, filling in on the terrorism-apologist beat for Hassan Fattah. |
Anti-Mubarak Protesters Clash With Police in Cairo By / NYT — Permalink CAIRO, July 30 - Wielding bamboo batons and small leaded clubs, Egyptian security agents attacked and beat protesters on Saturday as they tried to rally in the central Tahrir Square here, chanting slogans calling for the end of Hosni Mubarak's 24-year-reign as president. | |
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Frederick Maryland: And imagine that someone has asked you to write a headline for this news article: "Wielding bamboo batons and small... Gary Farber: Fun, fun, fun for all! [snipped quote] Hey, this is a cultural tradition; stop trying to impose your culturally imperialistic notions on others! |
Steve Soto: But that is the stability that George W. Bush will bequeath to the region, while our friends in Egypt and Pakistan perpetrate terror with Bush's blessing. |
Five GIs Killed by Roadside Bombs in Iraq AP — Permalink (07-31) 04:24 PDT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Five U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs in two separate incidents in Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday. In the first attack Saturday around 1:40 p.m., a patrol hit a roadside bomb in the southern Dora neighborhood, killing a soldier from Task Force Baghdad, a statement said. | |
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Juan Cole: Reuters adds: [snipped quote] Guerrillas killed 5 US troops and wounded 2 others in two separate incidents on Saturday. |
Steve Soto: Even though the White House doesn't want you to notice, we lost five more soldiers yesterday in Iraq. Will it get better? |
Are Media Suffering From Iraqi Fatigue?; Television's Missing Women Fixation CNN — Permalink THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice-over): The endless war, with casualties in Iraq day after day, are the American media growing tired of the story? Is there any way for journalists to measure progress there? | |
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Jim Romenesko: "Iraq fatigue" forces journalists to rethink war coverage — "Reliable Sources" Howard Kurtz asks Time mag Baghdad... Atrios: Please? From Iraq, Bob Bateman. CNN's Reliable Sources: Are Media Suffering From Iraqi Fatigue? |
Brian Stelter: "News By The Numbers" In Iraq — Sunday's Reliable Sources tackled the topic of "Iraq fatigue" in the media. |
World Not Set To Deal With Flu By / WaPo — Permalink Public health officials preparing to battle what they view as an inevitable influenza pandemic say the world lacks the medical weapons to fight the disease effectively, and will not have them anytime soon. | |
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Norbizness: (4) I'm really looking forward to the next flu season: If the virus were to start spreading in the next year, the world... Glenn Reynolds: DAVID BROWN IS SOUNDING THE BIRD FLU ALARM in the Washington Post. Gary Farber: Your Amygdala stays alert and frightened for you, the home viewer! How many shopping days left until millions die? |
Jan Haugland: World not ready for 'inevitable' flu pandemic — WaPo's David Brown: Public health officials preparing to battle what... DemFromCT @DailyKos: Considering how the Bush administration neglects public health issues [remember the flu vaccine fiasco last year?], this... |
Switched Off in Basra By / NYT — Permalink THE British call it being "switched on" - a state of high morale and readiness, similar to what Americans think of as "gung ho" attitude. During the 10 days I recently spent embedded with the British-led multinational force in this southern Iraqi city, I met many switched-on soldiers involved in what the British call "security sector reform." | |
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Joe Katzman: The NYT wonders if the British are taking the easy way out in Basra: "In May, [the] police chief told a British... Laura Rozen: So this oped in the NYT today about the British perhaps being too cool in Basra is interesting. Steve M.: There was a fine New York Times op-ed today called "Switched Off in Basra," about the rise of fundamentalism in the... |
Cori Dauber: Today they run an Op-Ed piece from an independent writer who's been embedded with the British forces there, but who confirms the largest problem facing the city. Steve Soto: Probably an Islamic republic with developing economic and military ties closely aligned with Iran, with a police force... |
Enquirer endorsement Cincinnati Enquirer — Permalink On Tuesday, Southern Ohio faces a crucial election, as residents of the 2nd Congressional District choose between two capable candidates to replace former Rep. Rob Portman in the U.S. House. | |
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Stephen Burt: Bad news: the right-ish, risk-averse Cinnicinnatti Enquirer has endorsed Republican hack Jean Schmidt. Chris Bowers: Jean Doesn't Know Schmidt — You can write a letter to the editor here. |
Bob Brigham: Conventional wisdom recognizes her renowned memory to the point where the Cincinnati Enquirer noted (July 31, 2005) |
Foundering? By / NYT — Permalink When a constitution succeeds, its framers come to be regarded as visionaries. They are seen in retrospect to have predicted future difficulties and dealt with them ingeniously, by building a machine that would run of itself. | |
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Ramesh Ponnuru: CONSTITUTIONAL CULTURES — Noah Feldman closes his op-ed on the Iraqi constitution with this thought: "[T]o arrive in a... |
Orrin Judd: IF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION FAIL THE REVOLUTION WAS A FAILURE: Foundering? |
French Family Values By / NYT — Permalink Americans tend to believe that we do everything better than anyone else. That belief makes it hard for us to learn from others. For example, I've found that many people refuse to believe that Europe has anything to teach us about health care policy. | |
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MarkInMexico: Read it all and then ask yourself if it doesn't make this crap by Paul Krugman look like, well, crap. |
Harry Shearer: What might have made for better viewing is if Mr. S. had bothered to read Paul Krugman's Friday column, which asserted... |
Never say never, but Connery ends career Scotsman — Permalink IT IS a decision that will horrify his legion of worldwide fans and leave grown women in tears. Scottish screen legend Sir Sean Connery has almost drawn the curtain on his long and glittering career by revealing it would take a Mafia-style "offer he couldn't refuse" to tempt him to make another film. | |
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Gary Farber: CONNERY MUSES, in the truly important news. Orrin Judd: THE CELLBLOCK WEPT: Never say never, but Connery ends career (TOBY MCDONALD AND JEREMY WATSON, 7/31/05, The Scotsman)... |
Cookie Jill: "- the scotsman" |
Bills' Passage Shows the Arena Where GOP Can Flex Its Muscle WaPo — Permalink Shackled for months by a familiar brand of Washington gridlock, President Bush and the Republican leaders in Congress last week suddenly found a key. A long-stalled energy bill, an international trade accord and a massive highway appropriations measure all... | |
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Adam C: The Fall of Republican Fiscal Conservatism — On Friday, the Senate passed a slew of major bills. |
Virginia Postrel: The WaPost wrapup gives a good summary of what constitutes victory—and effectiveness—in Washington |
GOP Says It Will 'Bury' Name-Calling Candidate By / WaPo — Permalink Paul Hackett doesn't fit conventional political profiles. He is a Marine Reservist and an Iraq war veteran who opposed the war before the U.S. invasion and remains a harsh critic of President Bush's policy there. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: From this morning's Washington Post: Edwards sounded troubled by what he has seen of Roberts's record and said his... Jason Van Steenwyk: A guy who could be a critic of Iraq policy, but But this man, a commissioned officer, who is wrapping himself in the... Susie Madrak: 'We Will Bury You' Via WashPo: Hackett told USA Today that Bush's taunting line, "Bring 'em on!" was "the most... |
Jerome Armstrong: Balz says they are getting clever: [snipped quote] For the prospects of any change at all, it's probably the only thing... Digby: In another display of the GOP's irony and history impaired lameness, the Washington Post reports today why the national... |
Schmidt can't recall Ach favor By / Cincinnati Enquirer — Permalink • Ex-Sen. Cleland lauds fellow veteran Hackett Republican congressional candidate Jean Schmidt's media consultant said Friday she had no recollection of lobbying the governor's office on behalf of Cincinnati businessman Roger Ach's Internet lottery business when she was a state representative, as was reported Friday by the Toledo Blade. | |
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Bob Brigham: The next day, the woman with the "file-card memory" was the focus of a Cincinnati Enquirer article headlined, Schmidt can't recall Ach favor. |
Chris Bowers: To think that this came just one day after the following piece appeared in the Enquirer: "Republican congressional... |
At State, Rice Takes Control of Diplomacy WaPo — Permalink Three weeks after taking office, Condoleezza Rice hosted Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and their Japanese counterparts at the State Department. When Rumsfeld began to speak, Rice gently cut him off. The message was clear: I'll take the lead, Don. | |
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Charles Kupchan: Sunday's Washington Post ran a front-page article ("At State, Rice Takes Control of Diplomacy") commending Secretary of... Captain Ed: Rethinking Saint Colin — Today's Washington Post contains a glowing profile of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and... Betsy Newmark: The Washington Post takes a look at Condi Rice's tenure so far as Secretary of State in a largely positive profile. |
Paul @PowerLine: When brickbats are better than bouquets — The Washington Post throws a bouquet at Secretary of State Rice. TheAnchoress: What Condi's done in 6 monthsâ …is really pretty impressive. Ed Kilgore: Now, thanks to a big, puffy profile of Condoleezza Rice in today's Washington Post, we have learned that our nation's... |
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