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Bush Approval Rating Continues to Drop Gallup — Permalink PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll reflects further erosion in President George W. Bush's job approval rating, continuing the slow but steady decline evident throughout the year so far. The poll — conducted Aug. 22-25 — puts Bush's job approval rating at 40% and his disapproval rating at 56%. | |
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Steve Soto: Put A Fork In Him (Graphic courtesy of PollingReport.com) To me, it is very significant when a Gallup Poll shows that... Jonathan Singer: The latest poll from Gallup only confirms this already-reported trend. Chris Bowers: Gallup Finds Bush At 40 — It would appear a trend is emerging: [snipped quote] That makes the last four polls for Bush... |
Justin Gardner: So what is this? A downward spiral or just a momentary dip? And furthermore, what do you think is causing this drop? RJ Eskow: generic blogging blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog blog... Atrios: Pony Trifecta — Another pony for Holden: A new Gallup Poll reflects further erosion in President George W. Bush's job... |
Before It's Too Late in Iraq By / WaPo — Permalink In the old, familiar fashion, mounting U.S. casualties in Iraq have mobilized increasing public doubts about the war. More than half the American people now believe that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. They're right. | |
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Digby: Therefore, I hope you'll bear with me reiterating an earlier point as I discuss Wes Clark's WaPo op-ed. Gene @HarrysPlace: Wesley Clark's advice — Former General Wesley Clark still believes the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. Matthew Yglesias: Wesley Clark's gone and done what needs to be done if you're going to argue against withdrawing from Iraq — outline some alternatives. |
Barbara O'Brien: Exits and Strategies — Gen. Wes Clark's op ed about Iraq in today's Washington Post may, at least, help broker some... MarkInMexico: Reviewing memeorandum this morning, I see the usual breast beating, finger pointing, tongue wagging, self flagellation,... Michael Signer: Death of a Salesman, 2005 — Amid more news that the Iraq Constitution is faltering and splintering, that American... |
| Also: McQ, Kevin Drum, Cernig, Armando @DailyKos, Mark Kleiman, Scott Shields, Susie Madrak | |
'Men cleverer than women' claim BBC — Permalink Academics in the UK claim their research shows that men are more intelligent than women. A study to be published later this year in the British Journal of Psychology says that men are on average five points ahead on IQ tests. | |
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John Cole: Another Study That Will Piss Everyone Off This is going to be another one of these studies that everyone argues about... Zoe Kentucky: Sexing Intelligence — By way of Atrios we learn that there is a provocative new British study that I'm sure we'll hear about ad nauseum. Steve Bainbridge: The Beeb and Gender — According to a couple of articles on the BBC's website, men are smarter than women, while women are more vindictive than men in divorce. |
Echidne: Eighty-Five Years Later... And all I got was this crummy article about how men, once again, are smarter than women. James Joyner: It's worth a look. Update: BBC has more. Atrios says that Lynn is a racist and advocate of genocide. Atrios: The BBC is reporting on shocking new "men smarter than women research" by one Richard Lynn. Who's Lynn? |
| Also: Kathryn Jean Lopez, Ann Althouse | |
Third Source Backs 'Able Danger' Claims About Atta Fox News — Permalink WASHINGTON — A third person has now come forward to verify claims made by a military intelligence unit that a year before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, it had information showing that lead hijacker Mohamed Atta (search) and other terrorists were identified as being in the United States. | |
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Kevin Drum: He told them how Able Danger identified Mohamed Atta prior to 9/11: [snipped quote] Mickey Kaus adds the following: "1)... Captain Ed: Able Danger: Third Source Steps Up, Gives Even More Details — The third source to go public from the Able Danger team... |
Laura Rozen: More on Able Danger contrator J.D. Smith: "...J.D. Smith, a defense contractor who claims he worked on the technical... |
Summer of Our Discontent By / NYT — Permalink For the last few months there has been a running debate about the U.S. economy, more or less like this: American families: "We're not doing very well." Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times | |
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Susie Madrak: Rising Tide Krugman: Because employers don't have to raise wages to get workers, wages are lagging behind the cost of living. Tom Maguire: Two Out Of Three Ain't Good — Paul Krugman just can't write this correction - Patterico is poised on a window ledge, Michelle Malkin is scratching her head, but I have an answer! Avedon Carol: Stuff I saw this morning — More stuff that should be obvious from Krugman, filed under "Who is the Economy For?" |
Robert Schlesinger: Robert Schlesinger: Summer of the GOP's Discontent — The NYT columnist Paul Krugman writes today about GOP bewilderment... Steve Soto: For example, why is it so hard to develop talking points based on Krugman's message today? Steve Antler: This suggests that, and I heard that over there this is happening, and besides... Today Paul Krugman states the... |
| Also: Scott @PowerLine, Michelle Malkin, Patterico, Don, Lambert @Corrente, Greg Ransom | |
Improper Advances Slate — Permalink Four days before President Bush nominated John G. Roberts to the Supreme Court on July 19, an appeals court panel of three judges, including Judge Roberts, handed the Bush administration a big victory in a hotly contested challenge to the president's military commissions. | |
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Judd @ThinkProgress: In an article that has recieved considerable attention by the media, Stephen Gillers, David J. Luban, and Steven Lubet... Armando @DailyKos: WH Brings In "Ringer" To Defend Roberts' Ethics — Think Progress is all over BushCo on this: [snipped quote] How about... |
Gary Farber: I suppose I should mention this piece, which is being much debated, which makes the case that Judge Roberts has a... |
Humans Are Ones on Display at London Zoo By / AP — Permalink LONDON - At London Zoo, you can talk to the animals — and now some of them talk back. Caged and barely clothed within a rocky enclosure, eight British men and women monkeyed around Friday for an amused, bemused crowd behind a sign reading "Warning: Humans in their Natural Environment." | |
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MJA @SouthernAppeal: Humans are "Just Another Primate" — A recent scan of Drudge lead me to this AP article about a "Human Exhibit" at the London Zoo. John @AmericaBlog: What would Pat Robertson say? Just another primate, indeed! |
Gary Farber: WAIT TILL THE CREATIONISTS HEAR about this. [snipped quote] Because that's so hard to do elsewhere. Yes, the point, of course, is the context. |
One hundred thousand Shi'ites protest Iraq charter By / Reuters — Permalink BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A hundred thousand Iraqis across the country marched on Friday in support of a maverick Shi'ite cleric opposed to a draft constitution that U.S.-backed government leaders say will deliver a brighter future. | |
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Billmon: Take a look at a few of today's events and see if you think they provide any grounds for optimism: "A hundred thousand... Dr. Steven Taylor: This Doesn't Bode Well… Via Reuters: One hundred thousand Shi'ites protest Iraq charter |
Jeff Goldstein: For my part, I've been wavering between cautious optimism and outright pessimism—mostly because it is impossible, given... |
Results of AP-Ipsos poll on attitudes about Iraq AP — Permalink The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on public attitudes about the war in Iraq is based on telephone interviews with 1,001 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. The interviews were conducted Aug. 22-24 by Ipsos, an international polling firm. | |
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Chris Bowers: For example, take the latest from AP-Ipsos (emphasis mine): "Aug 22-24, 1,0001 Adults, MoE 3 Should the United States... Lapin @DailyKos: New AP-Ipsos Poll released today, 1,001 respondents, 3% margin of error. Very, very interesting results on Iraq and more. |
Echidne: Total Disapprove - 58 % That is the percentage of Americans who disapprove of the way the Bush administration has waged war in Iraq, according to a new AP-Ipsos poll. John Cole: Another Iraq Poll Another Iraq poll, and you can see the results here. As usual, what never ceases to amaze me are the people who "don't know." |
In Article, Roberts's Pen Appeared to Dip South By / WaPo — Permalink When John G. Roberts Jr. prepared to ghostwrite an article for President Ronald Reagan a little over two decades ago, his pen took a Civil War reenactment detour. The article, which was to appear in the scholarly National Forum journal, was called "The Presidency: Roles and Responsibilities." | |
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Patrick Carver: This Washington Post article is perhaps the most hilarious thing that I've read in a while. Captain Ed: The same cannot be said for the companion report selected by the Post's editors to run on page A02 along with... Ezra Klein: Covering His Bases — The question that really must be asked is Why is John Roberts objectively pro-slavery? |
Dr. Steven Taylor: Now, via WaPp, we learn his support for civil rights is questionable: In Article, Roberts's Pen Appeared to Dip South Ann Althouse: Supreme Court nominee John Roberts used it in a draft of an article he wrote for President Reagan to be published in a... Pudentilla: john roberts: supreme court nominee, revisionist historian and cracker wannabe — [snipped quote] all of which is fine if... |
Commission Votes to Save Ellsworth Base By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - The base closing commission voted Friday to keep open Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota — rejecting the Pentagon's plan to close it — as the panel labored toward conclusion of a politically delicate task that has brought alternating sighs of relief and exasperation in communities across America. | |
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Paul @PowerLine: Ellsworth survives — John Thune's crusade to save South Dakota's Ellsworth Air Force base has <a href=" succeeded. Jannelsen @RedState: Ellsworth: Success has many authors, including Thune — Ellsworth Air Force Base is saved. Rapid City is saved. Justin @SouthernAppeal: This is HUGE for Thune: Commission Votes to Save Ellsworth Base — "The surprise decision was a setback for Pentagon... |
Jeff A. Taylor: Politics Bombs the Pentagon — Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota has been pulled back from the grave by the base... James Joyner: BRAC Commission Votes to Save Ellsworth Base — The BRAC commission this morning voted to remove South Dakota's Ellsworth Air Force Base from the Pentagon's closure list. |
Diners have sweet surprise for soldier, girlfriend By / Seattle Times — Permalink When Chris Yanez wanted to take his girlfriend out for a special dinner to celebrate their one-year anniversary, he chose the venerable restaurant Canlis, perched high above Lake Union. Yanez, a soldier returning from Iraq, knew the dinner would be pricey. | |
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Scott @PowerLine: Deckeretal.jpg The paragraphs above are adapted from John's account of our "night to remember" last year, brought to... TheAnchoress: 3) Even in blue Seattle, a soldier and his gal tasted some sweetness. |
Michelle Malkin: Strangely, my old employer, the Seattle Times, has relegated this story to a local digest brief (though, in fairness,... Marc @USSNeverdock: Here's another one. Like I said, this happens all the time but MSM rarely report it. |
Judge Sides With Pa. in Base Closings Suit By / AP — Permalink PHILADELPHIA - In a blow to the Pentagon's plan to shake up National Guard units, a judge ruled Friday that the Defense Department does not have the authority to dissolve a Pennsylvania Air National Guard division without the governor's approval. | |
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Jayson @PoliPundit: 2) Federalism There were two interesting court rulings today within the purview of state-federal relations: Regarding the PA National Guard. |
Donald Sensing: And he ain't giving permisssion. The governor's case was bolstered today. |
'Wonderful time to be a soldier' By / Washington Times — Permalink I'm very proud to be a soldier of the U.S. Army because of the war on terror and our missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm not alone either. I'm surrounded by soldiers who are re-enlisting and volunteering to go to units that are deploying. | |
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Jason Van Steenwyk: This is a wonderful time to be a soldier in the U.S. Army. So says Joe Roache in this op-ed in the Washington Times. Betsy Newmark: Sgt. Joe Roche writes today in the Washington Times that he thinks it is "a wonderful time to be a soldier." John Hawkins: [quote]"— Sgt. Joe Roche of the 12th Aviation Battalion and stationed at Fort Belvoir [end quote] |
TheAnchoress: 2) A soldier and his soldier wife say, this is a wonderful time to be a soldier, which is - let's face it - a surprising... Kathryn Jean Lopez: WashTimes: "I'm very proud to be a soldier of the U.S. Army because of the war on terror and our missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Dear Cindy; An Open Letter to the Mother of a Fallen Hero By / The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies — Permalink Dear Cindy Sheehan: I know you want to talk to President Bush about the conflict in Iraq, the war in which your son, Specialist Casey Sheehan, was tragically killed. | |
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Vanderleun: UPDATE:Cliff May says pretty much the same thing in his open letter, less movingly, but it does include an invitation to lunch. Roger L. Simon: Bolton Goes to Work — Here's something to chew on while I'm away. (ht: Rick Ballard) Also, have a look at Cliff May's... |
Judith Weiss: The silly season isn't over — Previous Sheehan entry here. |
Charter Talks in Iraq Reach Breaking Point NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 25 - Talks over the Iraqi constitution reached a breaking point on Thursday, with a parliamentary session to present the document being canceled and President Bush personally calling one of the country's most powerful Shiite leaders in an effort to broker a last-minute deal. | |
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James Joyner: Michael Barone also points to some other articles by experts seemingly without a political axe to grind that are more... Juan Cole: The New York Times says that President Bush called Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the Shiite leader. Billmon: "New York Times Bush Steps In as Charter Talksin Iraq Reach Breaking Point August 26, 2005" "Hakim: Say pretty please. |
Dr. Steven Taylor: More on the Constitution — Via the NYT: Charter Talks in Iraq Reach Breaking Point [snipped quote] One thing that... Joe @AmericaBlog: Bush personally intervening in Iraq Constitution — Damn, he is getting desperate. |
Iraq's marginalised Sunnis rally for Saddam By / Reuters — Permalink BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - Thousands marched in adoring praise of Iraq's deposed leader Saddam Hussein on Friday, offering a stark display of the loss of power and leadership felt by some of Iraq's Sunni Arabs. | |
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Spencer Ackerman advertisement: Instead, they're out on the streets of Baquba, in the thousands, chanting "No To A Breakup of Iraq!" and—this is the... Susie Madrak: Apparently some people don't agree: BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) - Thousands marched in adoring praise of Iraq's deposed... |
Jesse Taylor: Oh, f**king great. Pro-Saddam rallies in Iraq. Freedom is on the march. |
HOAX! Chicago Tribune — Permalink CARBONDALE, Ill. — Word that Sgt. Dan Kennings had been killed in Iraq crushed spirits in the Daily Egyptian newsroom. The stocky, buzz-cut soldier befriended by students at the university newspaper was dead, and the sergeant's little girl—a precocious, blond-haired child they'd grown to love—was now an orphan. | |
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Mary Katharine Ham: Update: Also read the Tribune's in-depth piece, which mesablue pointed out in comments. It's even weirder than the first story. |
Marc @USSNeverdock: UPDATE The Chicago Tribune has the full story. |
More Krugman lies: the Great Unraveling continues American Thinker — Permalink Paul Krugman, provides a small correction box at the bottom of his column today in the New York Times, to deal with some of his multitude of errors in his two recent columns on the Florida election controversy in 2000, and the Ohio controversy (a controversy, really, only for hard core fanatics like Krugman and John Conyers) in 2004. | |
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Michelle Malkin: This is after all, a man whom former 'Public Editor' (Ombudsman) Daniel Okrent said 'I can't come up with an adverb... |
Betsy Newmark: Baehr calls him out on these lies. At this point, they are lies and not mistakes. |
Network's Former Chairman Is Missing By / New York Sun — Permalink The former chairman of Air America Radio, Evan Montvel Cohen - who former colleagues said engineered transfers of more than $800,000 to the liberal radio network from a boys and girls club in the Bronx - is missing, according to a lawyer who is trying to have him served with legal papers. | |
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Brian Maloney: The New York Sun has an update on the search for former Air America head Evan Cohen. Betsy Newmark: Evan Cohen, the supposed sugar daddy of Air America who apparently "borrowed" money wihtout returning it from charitable... |
Scott Sala: It just so happens Air America's former chairman, Evan Montvel Cohen, is missing, according to his lawyer. Michelle Malkin: AIR ENRON: FRIDAY MORNING UPDATES — Former Air America chairman Evan Cohen is still missing. |
Poll: Many Back Right to Protest Iraq War By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - An overwhelming number of people say critics of the Iraq war should be free to voice their objections — a rare example of widespread agreement about a conflict that has divided the nation along partisan lines. | |
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Steve Bainbridge: Free Speech — The AP reports: [snipped quote] A note to my fellow GOPers: In Idaho the other day, the President said to... TChris: Protest is OK — Despite the propogandists who relentlessly proclaim that protest against the war in Iraq is unpatriotic... |
Robert Schlesinger: Robert Schlesinger: 90% Are OK with War Protest — This from the front page of the HuffPo, that 90 percent of people polled are OK with war protestors voicing their concerns. |
IRAQ'S CONSTITUTIONAL CHOICES By / New York Post — Permalink EVEN before its publication, the draft Iraqi constitution had been attacked by those who had opposed the liberation of Iraq in the first place. The main attacks have focused on two issues: Sunni outrage: The draft has angered Arab Sunni elites by proposing a federal structure... | |
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James Joyner: IRAQ'S CONSTITUTIONAL CHOICES (New York Post) "Even before its publication, the draft Iraqi constitution had been... Betsy Newmark: Amir Taheri has some thoughtful reflections on the proposed Iraqi constitution. |
John Hawkins: "Al Sharpton Plans To Join Texas Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan" [quote] Hospital Fights to Retain "Do Not Resuscitate" Order Despite...[end quote] |
Iraq on brink of meltdown By / Telegraph — Permalink The credibility of Iraq's political process was in danger last night as parliament again failed to vote on a draft constitution which a Sunni politician said was "fit only for the bin". The government had earlier announced plans to bypass parliament in an attempt to push through the document. | |
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Damian Penny: No deal — The latest deadline for Iraq's new constitution has passed, with the Speaker of Parliament desperately trying... Attaturk: (October 4, 2003) Progress (November 17, 2003) President Bush said Friday the United States is making progress in... |
McQ: Sausage Making — Oliver Poole of the Telegraph breathlessly announces that "Iraq is on the verge of a meltdown". Really? |
Despite Media Blackout, Fallujah Rebuilds By / TCS — Permalink After crisscrossing Fallujah by foot and Humvee in May, I reported on tremendous progress being made to restore "the city we had to destroy to save." Actually fighting left most of the town unscathed; most damage was from three decades of neglect under Saddam Hussein. | |
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Donald Sensing: So what Michael Fumento reports is good news. |
Glenn Reynolds: MICHAEL FUMENTO REPORTS FROM FALLUJAH with some surprising news: [snipped quote] Read the whole thing. |
Bush Calls Iraqi Shiite Leaders to Discuss Constitution WaPo — Permalink President Bush took a break during his trip to Nampa, Idaho, this week, and made an unusual call to a key Shiite leader in Iraq about the talks underway in Baghdad on a new constitution. | |
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Spencer Ackerman advertisement: PHONE SECTS: It's true that a bit of personal diplomacy could hardly hurt the efforts at forging a truly Iraqi... |
Billmon: "White House spokesman Trent Duffy Remarks to Reporters August 25, 2005 Talks over the Iraqi constitution reached a..." |
'Redneck Woman' Singer Asked to Stop Promoting Smokeless Tobacco By / AP — Permalink NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The state attorney general wants the country singer who made the song "Redneck Woman" a hit to stop "glamorizing" the use of smokeless tobacco at her concerts. | |
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Jeff Goldstein: Spitooning the rubicon — From the AP [snipped quote] Well, I'm no lawyer, but as a published fiction writer (and a... |
Radley Balko: Anti-Tobacco Healthism — The attorney general of Tennessee has asked a country music performer to stop chewing... |
Prosecutors: Cunningham demanded bribe By / San Diego Union-Tribune — Permalink Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham "demanded and received" a bribe from a Pentagon contractor who paid far above market value for the congressman's Del Mar-area home in 2003, according to court documents filed yesterday by federal prosecutors. | |
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DC Media Girl: More Duke Cunningham fun — So now it's bribery, is it? Well, why not? |
Atrios: Dukester Going Down — Aww: Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham "demanded and received" a bribe from a Pentagon contractor who... |
DeLay dances across district to woo voters By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink WASHINGTON - Tom DeLay at a senior citizens' sock hop that featured a DJ dressed as Elvis? You betcha. And he wasn't roped into attending, either. His office called the Sugar Land Parks & Recreation Department and said the House majority leader wanted to attend the event at the Sugar Land Community Center earlier this month. | |
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Charles Kuffner: You know that any article that features a photo of Tom DeLay standing next to an Elvis impersonator is going to be good reading, right? |
Faiz @ThinkProgress: In the face of an ethics probe, DeLay is trying to reconnect with the folks back in his home district… which is making for some interesting social gatherings. |
Good news stats on re-enlistments Boston Herald — Permalink One of the most significant stories of the summer is getting almost no notice among the media elite. The Army is meeting its recruiting and retention goals for active-duty soldiers. Remarkably, units under the most pressure in Iraq are heavily oversubscribed for re-enlistment. | |
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TheAnchoress: Lasagna!) and then more stuff is going on - but I wanted to point out three pieces focusing on soldiers, today, mostly... |
Ace: Oddly enough, only conservative leaning papers like the Boston Herald seem to be giving the story any attention. Go figure. |
Cellphones Catapult Rural Africa to 21st Century By / NYT — Permalink YANGUYE, South Africa - On this dry mountaintop, 36-year-old Bekowe Skhakhane does even the simplest tasks the hard way. Fetching water from the river takes four hours a day. To cook, she gathers sticks and musters a fire. Light comes from candles. | |
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Brian Micklethwait: I have just done a piece for the ASI blog about this process in Africa, linking to this New York Times article. |
Glenn Reynolds: INTERESTING ARTICLE ON CELLPHONES AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA — and I think it's representative of how technology in general helps. |
The Stakes After Gaza By / WaPo — Permalink The world has noted — though it will not credit, and will soon forget — those deeply moving scenes of the Israeli evacuation of Gaza: the discipline and self-control of the Israeli army; the cohesion of a society torn over policy but determined to follow the... | |
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Ted Belman: The Stakes After Gaza — By Charles Krauthammer The world has noted — though it will not credit, and will soon forget... |
Scott @PowerLine: In his column today, Charles Krauthammer follows the Times's twist on one of the key Rice quotes: "The stakes after Gaza." |
Gas Station Workers Face Angry Customers By / AP — Permalink DALLAS (AP) - It's a scene gas station workers say is becoming increasingly common and frightening: Customers angry over gas prices nearing $3 a gallon storm in and decide to take it out on the employees. ''They just yell and scream,'' said Selam Berhe, assistant manager at a Dallas Tetco station. | |
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Acidman: But he DID NOT pull into a station and light into the operator of the place in a fit of rage. That's asinine, impolite and criminal. |
Justin Gardner: In other news, people are getting angry at gas station attendants for the high gas prices, including a truly senseless killing in Alabama. |
Army Likely to Meet August's, But Not Year's, Recruiting Goal By / WaPo — Permalink The Army is expected to meet or exceed its monthly recruiting goal for August but is likely to miss its annual goal for the fiscal year that ends next month amid one of the most difficult recruiting environments since it became an all-volunteer force, the Army's chief of staff said yesterday. | |
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Cori Dauber: Recruitment and Retention — The Post notes that the Army is meeting monthly recruitment goals, although it will still likely miss overall fiscall year goals. |
Jim Robbins: RE-UPPING — Buried in a Washington Post article on page A6 today: [snipped quote] In other words, those soldiers who are... |
PUMP POLITICS New York Post — Permalink IN the category of dumbest poll question ever, you'll be delighted to know we have a winner. It's ABC News, which has taken the coveted prize because it actually paid polling firm cash dollars to ask 1,002 Americans whether they were "dissatisfied with the price of gas." | |
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Betsy Newmark: John Podhoretz has his nomination for the dumbest poll question ever. "the category of dumbest poll question ever, you'll be delighted to know we have a winner. |
Lorie Byrd: I Am Just Surprised That It Was Only 94 Percent — The results of the stupidest poll question ever just show that at... |
Syria 'hinders' UN's Hariri probe BBC — Permalink Syria is not co-operating with an international investigation into the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a UN official has said. Damascus has yet to give investigators access to key witnesses and documents, the UN's Under Secretary General said. | |
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Captain Ed: UN: You-Know-Who Hindering Hariri Investigation — The United Nations team investigating the assassination of Rafik... |
Jan Haugland: UN: Syria not cooperating with Hariri investigation — According to the UN, Syria is not cooperating with the investigation into the murder of Rafik Hariri. |
Playing The Shiite Card By / WaPo — Permalink America is finally having its great debate over the Iraq war. In that debate, it's worth listening to a young Iraqi Shiite cleric named Ammar Hakim. He speaks for the people who arguably have gained the most from America's troubled mission in Iraq and, to a surprising extent, still believe in it. | |
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Betsy Newmark: David Ignatius writes today about a Shiite cleric who came to the United States to meet with Pentagon officials to discuss the situation in Iraq. |
Armando @DailyKos: Ignatius Is Moved; And 100 Iraqis Die — Meanwhile, back at the DC Cocktail Party Circuit: "I told Hakim through an... |
Constitution making US News — Permalink Excellent pieces of the proposed Iraqi constitution today—a column by David Brooks in the New York Times, and an editorial in the Wall Street Journal. Brooks points to the favorable opinions of Clinton administration Ambassador Peter Galbraith, who has worked... | |
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Betsy Newmark: Michael Barone has an interesting point about the value of Iraq having cultural diversity. Jeff Goldstein: Your Friday Morning Constitutional — Michael Barone, on the Iraqi constitution: [snipped quote] Barone is correct, at... |
Cernig: There is David Brooks in the New York Times, the Opinion column of the Wall Street Journal which argues that the... Glenn Reynolds: MICHAEL BARONE has thoughts on Iraqi Constitution-making. UPDATE: Patterico has a solution to any problems that may arise. |
Al-Qaeda 'preparing to attack' Asian city By / Financial Times — Permalink Al-Qaeda is preparing an attack on a big financial centre in Asia, such as Tokyo, Sydney or Singapore, to undermine investor confidence in the region, France's top terrorist investigator warned yesterday. | |
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Daniel Drezner: One piece of information — which the FT is hyping — is that Al Qaeda is ostensibly planning an attack on a financial center in the Pacific Rim. |
Gregory Djerejian: The time is now. UPDATE: More flypaper here! |
War Room Salon — Permalink Two choices for reading the rest of this article and all of Salon: Did Time hide the truth to help Bush win re-election? The Los Angeles Times says the newsweekly's editors didn't want to reveal what Karl Rove told Matthew Cooper for fear of influencing the election. | |
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Susie Madrak: The Job of a Journalist is to Keep His Job Tim Grieve on yesterday's L.A. Times story on the Plame case: The answer,... |
RJ Eskow: kaus writes this silliness on the same day that this story appeared in the los angeles times via americablog and... |
A CIA Cover Blown, a White House Exposed LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — Toward the end of a steamy summer week in 2003, reporters were peppering the White House with phone calls and e-mails, looking for someone to defend the administration's claims about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. | |
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Avedon Carol: This LAT piece on Treasongate has been recommended in a number of places. Steve Soto: Los Angeles Times Summarizes Plame Case To Date — "He's a Democrat" —The reason given by Karl Rove as to why he was... Juliette Kayyem: Pre—(both) War Intelligence — Lest we forget what actually got us to this state of affairs in Iran, oops, sorry, I... |
Gateway Pundit: Not only were facts distorted in many areas, but we were reminded once again about what a good man ultra-liberal Joe Wilson is. Barbara O'Brien: Rove Review — There's a long background article on Traitorgate in today's Los Angeles Times by Tom Hamburger and Soni Efron. Justin Gardner: Anatomy Of A Scandal — The LA Times gives us a pretty thorough look at the the Rove/Plame affair, and suggests the investigation will be done this fall. |
| Also: Attaturk, Pudentilla, Michael @AmericaBlog, Jim Romenesko, Laura Rozen, Mark Kleiman, Stirling Newberry, Jeralyn Merritt, Garrett M. Graff, Gary Farber, Susie Madrak | |
When Blame Knocks on the Wrong Door By / LAT — Permalink Since Fox News wrongly identified a La Habra home as that of a terrorist, its five- member family has faced an angry backlash. Randy and Ronnell Vorick thought La Habra was about as far away as one could get from terrorism. They were wrong. | |
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Jesse Taylor: I know this is Atrios' line, but when Fox News ruins people's lives, it's time for a conference on blogger ethics. Oliver @LiquidList: [quote]And Loftus, so plump with speaking fees, said that he gave out the information based on "the best information we had at the time."[end quote] Montag: Los Angeles Times: When Blame Knocks on the Wrong Door |
Brian Stelter: Thursday's L.A. Times reports that the man, "whom Loftus identified by name during the broadcast, moved out of the house about three years ago." Tom Tomorrow: Tom Tomorrow: Fox News morons Extraordinary: [snipped quote] Tip for former prosecutor Loftus: if you want to help the police, call the police. Matt Welch: L.A. Times story (which seems to be having server trouble) here; abridged version available here. |
| Also: Kevin Drum, Jim Romenesko, Susie Madrak, Gary Farber | |
Anti-War Protests Target Wounded at Army Hospital By / CNSNews — Permalink Washington (CNSNews.com) - The Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., the current home of hundreds of wounded veterans from the war in Iraq, has been the target of weekly anti-war demonstrations since March. | |
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Mary Madigan: UPDATE: They're also converging on Walter Reed Army Medical center, targeting wounded soldiers. John Hawkins: Bush's Envoy Demands 750 Changes To Reorganisation Plans (Give 'Em Hell)" Domestic "US Army Re-Enlistment 'Strong'"... MarkInMexico: Main Page Wounded veterans and families taunted at hospital The Washington DC police department has been giving... |
Rob @Wizbang: More On The Walter Reed Protests — Marc Morano, author of the CNSNews story I posted about here, and Code Pink's Laura... Gateway Pundit: Anti-War Protests Target Wounded at Army Hospital "Anti-war demonstrators organized by a group backing Cindy Sheehan's... James Joyner: Anti-War Protests Target Wounded at Walter Reed Hospital — Anti-War Protests Target Wounded at Army Hospital (Cybercast... |
| Also: TheAnchoress, John Cole, Damian Penny, Michelle Pilecki, Baldilocks, Betsy Newmark, Oliver Willis, Eric Seymour | |
Unspinning the NY Times' military mendacity By / Jewish World Review — Permalink Colonel Thomas Spoehr is annoyed with New York Times reporter Michael Moss, for what I think is a good reason. Spoehr is the director of materiel for the Army staff. He had a good news story to tell Moss, which Moss converted into a bad news story. | |
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Arthur Chrenkoff: You didn't think it was possible? Well read on. MarkInMexico: Here's a good example why. Cori Dauber: Turns out that the main source for the story saw it as a huge good news story — or it was before the Times reporter got a hold of it. (via Instapundit.) |
Gateway Pundit: Unspinning the NY Times' military mendacity "The Army's Director of Material, recently told The New York Times that... TheAnchoress: Nor is, purposely misquoting the US Forces one has interviewed Please read the whole CNS piece - read about how... Michelle Malkin: THURSDAY MORNING MSM WHOPPERS — Hot off the press: the latest fabrications from the Associated Press and the New York Times. |
| Also: Jim Robbins, Marc @USSNeverdock, Jason Van Steenwyk, Betsy Newmark, Scott @PowerLine, Glenn Reynolds | |
Bush's summer reading list Washington Examiner — Permalink When President Bush recently departed for his five week siesta (er, "working vacation") at his Crawford, Texas, ranch, he took with him three books to read: John Barry's "The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History," Mark Kurlansky's "Salt: A World History" and Edvard Radzinsky's "Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar." | |
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Jonah Goldberg: READING LIST FOR BUSH — The Examiner did a little survey of book reckos for Bush. I offered some familiar suggestions. Nick Gillespie: "- Andrew Sullivan, AndrewSullivan.com; senior editor, The New Republic; columnist, Time magazine" And then there's this... Kevin Drum: SUMMER READING....The Washington Examiner asked a bunch of people to supply recommendations for George Bush's summer reading. |
Matthew Yglesias: The Washington Examiner asked various pundits to offer the president some summer reading suggestions (via Nick... Daniel Drezner: You can read the responses — including mine — here. I will say, though, that Bush's actual selections — [snipped quote] — aren't too shabby. Andrew Sullivan: My pick? Winston Churchill's "The River War." More suggestions here. |
Montana's governor eyes coal to solve U.S. fuel costs By / Reuters — Permalink HELENA, Montana (Reuters) - Montana's governor wants to solve America's rising energy costs using a technology discovered in Germany 80 years ago that converts coal into gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel. | |
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Kevin: The Democratic governor of Montana raises an interesting possibility: [snipped quote] This process is not theoretical. Jayson @PoliPundit: Sure enough, that national policy already is beginning to have its desired trickle-down effects. David Sirota: U.S. Energy Independence, Montana-Style — Go read about it. COMMENTS: Go to Sirota's Working Assets site to comment on this entry |
Justin Gardner: Brian Schweitzer, Montana's governor, is pushing to use a technology that turns coal into oil for half the price of what we could buy it for on the open market. Kos @DailyKos: Schweitzer's plan for US energy independence — This was the talk of the state when we visited Montana a few weeks ago. |
Rival Shiites Clash in Baqubah as Leaders Call for Calm WaPo — Permalink NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 25 — Fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr battled government-allied Shiite forces in the central city of Baqubah on Thursday, as clashes among rival Shiite militias spread despite calls from both sides for calm. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: By contrast, these are "the terrorists": "In Baghdad, 13 Iraqi police officers, 27 Iraqi civilians and an unidentified... Oliver Willis: "Stay The Course" — Yes, it's perfectly in line with America's interests to keep this up Political violence surged... Armando @DailyKos: In other news: "Political violence surged Thursday along many of Iraq's ethnic and sectarian fault lines, while Shiite... |
Cori Dauber: The Post pushes an article suggesting that while the constitutional process goes forward violence along sectarian fault lines intensifies. John Cole: Then there is this: Fighters believed to be members of Saddam Hussein's former regime killed 13 Iraqi police, 27... Pudentilla: that noble cause — [snipped quote] perhaps the 1800 plus americans (not to mention thousands of iraqis) who have died... |
Think Dark By / Opinion Journal — Permalink The federal government is doing something right now that is exactly the opposite of what it should be doing. It is forgetting to think dark. It is forgetting to imagine the unimaginable. Governments deal in data. | |
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S.Z.: It's something to strive for, at least. 2. For her talent number, Peggy Noonan contributes "Think Dark." Amanda Marcotte: The author of this is, of course, war pornette Peggy Noonan, assuming that the man of all men she loves and adores will... James Wolcott: "Think Dark" is the title, and when Noonan thinks dark, it's a total eclipse. |
Bruce Schneier: Peggy Noonan and Movie-Plot Terrorist Threats — Peggy Noonan is opposed to the current round of U.S. base closings... Roy @Alicublog: Meanwhile the Crazy Jesus Lady, her mind now a melange of old MGM movies and Reagan feet, pretends to be a Shirley... Vanderleun: TerrorWar — "Think Dark" AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, the incomparable Peggy Noonan takes a look at the rush to close... |
Iraq's Federalist Papers Opinion Journal — Permalink Iraq's first freely elected government continues to vindicate the belief that the Mideast can be transformed, starting with Saddam Hussein's former tyranny. Its draft constitution, which appears headed for parliamentary approval tonight, reflects a remarkable... | |
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James Joyner: "Excellent pieces of the proposed Iraqi constitution [yesterday]—a column by David Brooks in the New York Times, and an editorial in the Wall Street Journal. Hugh Hewitt: David Brooks and the editors of the Wall Street Journal both reflect on the Iraqi constitution today, with Brooks enlisting Peter Galbraith in the effort. |
Jeff Goldstein: Still, that Galbraith and Gerecht are comfortable with the way Islam is insinuated into the document is a happy... Ann Althouse: Taking a positive view of the Iraqi Constitution: "Americans also shouldn't be too quick to conclude that anything that... |
Stephanopoulos Urged Foreign Assassination NewsMax.com — Permalink Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson prompted a firestorm of media outrage on Tuesday after he suggested that the Bush administration should assassinate a foreign leader who posed a threat to the U.S. - in this case, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. | |
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Jim Lindgren: The excerpts from George Stephanopoulus's December 1, 1997 Newsweek column ("Why We Should Kill Saddam") that I've seen on the web come from Newsmax. Glenn Reynolds: George Stephanopoulos is reportedly more supportive. |
Eugene Volokh: [UPDATE: For whatever it's worth, George Stephanopoulos seems to take this view, too, in a Dec. 1, 1997 Newsweek article urging the assassination of Saddam Hussein. |
Sinking Sadr By / NRO — Permalink Eventually, we learned a lesson from Fallujah. It is the same lesson illustrated by American freelance writer Steven Vincent's death. After the four American contractors were burned and hung from that bridge in Fallujah in April of 2004, we took a step back. | |
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Patterico: Clinton Watson Taylor on Leaving Evil Unchallenged In an article at National Review Online, Clinton Watson Taylor says: What have we learned from Fallujah? |
Ace: The politics of it are difficult, to be sure, but plainly this is a dangerous and murderous man who threatens Iraq — and our troops. |
Iraq Lawmakers Won't Meet on Constitution By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - Parliament announced it had no plans to gather Thursday night and no date for a future session, signaling Iraqi factions were failing to agree on a new constitution before a self-imposed midnight target. | |
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Cernig: A Letter To Iraq's Parents — After contradictory reports from Iraq today, with Reuters first saying earler today that... Steve Soto: And with the constitution process bogging down today when the Parliament missed its own deadline to work out its differences, this may get worse before it ever gets better. Montag: From the Associated Press: Iraq Lawmakers Won't Meet on Constitution [snipped quote] Or are they just giving up on the deadline? |
Billmon: And indeed, the interim parliament apparently did not even bother meeting today. James Joyner: Iraq Lawmakers Won't Meet on Constitution (AP) [snipped quote] A shame. |
Democrats Seeking Release of Withheld Roberts Documents By / WaPo — Permalink After the release of about 60,000 documents detailing the work of Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr., Democratic senators are setting their sights on what was not in the huge cache of papers: more than 2,100 memos and letters that have been withheld by government archivists working in concert with the Bush White House. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: Background from the Washington Post is here. Jack Balkin: Roberts and The Ghost of Iran-Contra — From: Supreme Court Watch Cross posted on Balkinization: The Washington Post... |
Steve Soto: According to Bob Fertik, one of the memos that the Post reports was not passed along to the Senate may be a memo written... Susie Madrak: One of the files withheld in the John Roberts nomination is one detailing his part in establishing a front organization that was used to funnel Iran-contra money. |
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Bush's Social Security plan may hinge on the House Dallas Morning News — Permalink As Ronald Reagan might have put it, there they go again. Congressional Republicans, persisting in hopes of enacting some form of private Social Security option despite opposition from the public and the Democrats, are considering the same kind of maneuver that enabled them to pass a controversial Medicare drug bill two years ago. | |
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Susie Madrak: Sneaky Bastards So this is how they plan to pass their Social Security pillage privatization: Congressional... Kiltedliberal: From: Top Reader Blogs Columnist Carl Leubsdorf has a column in todays Dallas Morning News which should act as an air raid siren to alert defenders of Social Security. |
Steve Soto: Well, according to this piece from the Dallas Morning News, Rove and the GOP are planning to have each house pass a... |
An Anchor by Evening, a Blogger Any Time By / NYT — Permalink He was the first anchor to take over a network evening newscast in the 21st century, so it was probably inevitable that Brian Williams would begin channeling his inner Gawker by getting his own daily blog. The NBC news anchor Brian Williams. | |
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Liz Cox Barrett: Although Williams, anchor of "NBC Nightly News," has been blogging since May 31, seems it took today's Times article to get many bloggers (and CJR Daily) to notice. Brian Stelter: Today the NYT's Jacques Steinberg writes the first profile of Williams' blog. Betsy Newmark: The New York Times had a look yesterday at the blog that Brian Williams writes about editorial decisions relating to stories for the evening news. |
Gary Farber: (Here is a story by Jacques Steinberg about the blog which managed to give a completely unbalanced view by implicitly... Ed Cone: Also, NYT covers the blog written by NBC news anchor Brian Williams and other staffers. In the Arts section, for some reason. Jim Romenesko: NBC anchor's blog dispatches are striking in two respects — New York Times One is the light that Brian Williams... |
| Also: Garrett M. Graff | |
The soul of resistance: civil war parallels in US and Iraq By / Christian Science Monitor — Permalink CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - By now it's a familiar and hackneyed war story. A jarring event rouses a dormant people. Diplomacy fails. Conflict erupts. The modern, mechanized nation overpowers the atavistic, feudal regime. | |
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McQ: Ken Shullman thinks there are parallels to the US Civil War: "By now it's a familiar and hackneyed war story. |
Betsy Newmark: Ken Shulman looks at a parallel between the South of Reconstruction and our efforts to rebuild Iraq. |
Divided They Stand By / NYT — Permalink President Bush doesn't lack for critics when it comes to his Iraq policies, but the smartest and most devastating of these is Peter W. Galbraith, a former United States ambassador to Croatia. | |
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Donald Sensing: John Yoo, Los Angeles Times Something Important Has Happened in Iraq - David Brooks, New York Times Myself, I tend to... Cernig: Please respond by return as at least one school counsellor is advocating splitting the brothers up, an event I am sure... Attaturk: In flailing about in desperate support for "Dear Lounger" Bobo manages to dig up two apologists for alternatively, the... |
Frederick Maryland: And on the 3rd Day, Winston Churchill ... In his column in today's New York Times, David Brooks writes of a... Rich Lowry: From David Brooks: "'The Bush administration finally did something right in brokering this constitution,' Galbraith... TheAnchoress: I wonder if the people of Iraq, who are voting in elections and writing their constitution, feel "oppressed" by President Bush. |
| Also: Tom Maguire, Billmon, Jack Balkin, Matthew Yglesias, FrancoAlemán, Ed Cone, Ann Althouse | |
Is this a clever thing to say about women's IQ? By / Times of London — Permalink HALF the population will dismiss this story, but a study claims that the cleverest people are much more likely to be men than women. Men are more intelligent than women by about five IQ points on average, making them better suited for "tasks of high... | |
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James Joyner: Is this a clever thing to say about women's IQ? Philip Greenspun: The Larry Summers of the U.K. Maybe these guys who say that women have lower IQs are only able to do so because they... |
Jan Haugland: Study: Men more intelligent than women (oh dear) A study by - surprise - two male scholars claims men are smarter than women. |
The price of paying for news LAT — Permalink The continuing scandal over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's unconventionally intimate relationship with tabloid publisher American Media Inc. is rife with unsavory personal and political implications. But it's also an absolutely crystalline example of the evils inherent in pay-to-play journalism. | |
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Patterico: It looks like Hugh has agreed to just such an arrangement with the L.A. Times's Tim Rutten: I pretaped a 45 minute... |
Hugh Hewitt: And I pretaped a 45 minute interview with The Los Angeles Times' media essayist Tim Rutten today. |
Iraqi Leaders Again Put Off Meeting on New Constitution By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 25 - The National Assembly today called off a meeting that was scheduled to decide on the draft constitution, the Speaker's office said, and no new date for the meeting was immediately announced. | |
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John Cole: I haven't been smoking crack or drinking, and I haven't fallen and hit my head, but for some reason or another I have... Armando @DailyKos: No Vote On Iraqi Constitution — Vote Cancelled, No New Date Set: [snipped quote] Believe it or not, I think this is good news. |
Michael @AmericaBlog: For another, the writing of the Constitution wasn't interrupted by violence like this in Iraq: [snipped quote] Oh and in... |
Bolton Pushes U.N. on Change as U.S. Objects to Draft Plan By / NYT — Permalink UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 24 - John R. Bolton, in his first public initiative as American ambassador, told envoys at the United Nations on Wednesday that time was running out on efforts to create institutional change, only days after the United States began privately pushing for major revisions to a draft of reforms that was already close to completion. | |
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Arianna Huffington: The Washington Times, Fox News, and various other conservatives were invited, but some of the people who weren't... |
Jeralyn Merritt: The conservative press has been invited, but look who's been excluded: "...some of the people who won't be there... |
U.S. Wants Changes In U.N. Agreement By / WaPo — Permalink UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 24 — Less than a month before world leaders arrive in New York for a world summit on poverty and U.N. reform, the Bush administration has thrown the proceedings in turmoil with a call for drastic renegotiation of a draft agreement to be signed by presidents and prime ministers attending the event. | |
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Captain Ed: Reform Starts With A Giant Step — John Bolton just made his presence known at Turtle Bay. Eugene Oregon: Since then, it has hardly received any press coverage, but today it was briefly mentioned, along with an apparent... Susie Madrak: Priorities My brain gets weary: UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 24—Less than a month before world leaders arrive in New York for... |
Tarek @LiquidList: Select highlights from today's Washington Post story, "U.S. Wants Changes In U.N. Agreement:" [snipped quote] Mmmmmm, I... Michael Kraig: Rose makes much of the new and improved operation at State, but here's what's missing in our actual security policies:... John @AmericaBlog: This article is simply disgusting. The rest of the world could stand up to Bush and make a stink, finally, about his irrational and dangerous policies. |
| Also: Pudentilla, Roger L. Simon, Rich Lowry | |
Bush: 'We Will Stay, We Will Fight' WaPo — Permalink NAMPA, Idaho, Aug. 24 — President Bush, rebutting a rising antiwar movement in the country and on Capitol Hill, told National Guard soldiers and their families Wednesday that terrorists "want us to retreat" but vowed that he never will. | |
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Garance Franke-Ruta: Is it possible that the president's adamant refusal to publicly consider withdrawal from Iraq is pure politics, rather than policy? |
Steve Soto: Bush, yesterday, preening in front of the Idaho National Guard, where he has a +23% approval rating "Any suggestion... |
The freshman zeitgeist - from Al Qaeda to tying a Windsor knot Christian Science Monitor — Permalink BELOIT, WIS. - In coming weeks, millions of students will be entering college for the first time. On average, members of the class of 2009 are 18 years old, which means they were born in 1987. Starbucks, souped-up car stereos, telephone voice-mail systems, and Bill Gates have always been a part of their lives. | |
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James Joyner: Beloit College Entering Freshmen List — Dan Drezner, who is nearly as old as I am, draws our attention to this year's... Steve Antler: Zeitgeist alert... For incoming freshmen (and coeds — such a nice word now fallen into disuse!): the Beloit College Mindset List! |
Ann Althouse: It's time, once again, for the Beloit College Mindset List of things about the world today's college freshmen have known — time for us older folk to feel older. Kathryn Jean Lopez: MAKING THE ROUNDS "courtesy of Beloit College, Most students entering college this fall were born in 1987. 1. |
Saving The Great Raid By / Weekly Standard — Permalink IT IS TIME to rescue The Great Raid. The Great Raid is in theaters now, though it may not be for long unless movie-going America quickly realizes that there is a wonderful and inspiring film in its midst, one that celebrates courage, sacrifice and... | |
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Hugh Hewitt: The Iraqi Constitution and Team Building, Generally — My WeeklyStandard.com column, "Saving The Great Raid," praises... Jesse Taylor: Your new bomb-of-a-movie-that-need s-to-be-saved-because-it- m akes-conservatives-feel-g o od: The Great Raid. |
Spencer Ackerman: Luckily, Hugh Hewitt has ridden to the rescue over at The Weekly Standard's website, arguing that the critical beatdown... |
Does Pat Robertson Matter? NRO — Permalink Many conservatives would say no. But it's not that simple. A number of conservatives and Republicans have criticized televangelist Pat Robertson for suggesting that the U.S. government assassinate Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. | |
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James Joyner: Does Pat Robertson Matter? Kathryn Jean Lopez: Byron faces an unfortunate fact. |
Matthew Yglesias: Byron York — and good for him — writes in The National Review that this isn't as true as some would like to think |
Despite high-profile cases, sex-offense crimes decline USA Today — Permalink Megan Kanka, Jessica Lunsford, Shasta Groene. These girls, all believed to be sexually molested by men and two of them killed, have generated headlines, prompted states to stiffen penalties against offenders and caused many parents to fear their child could be next. | |
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Jayson @PoliPundit: I Blame Tougher Laws and Stricter Enforcement for this: "Government figures show the rate of sexual assaults against... |
Jeralyn Merritt: Sex Offender Hysteria — Via Sentencing Law and Policy, I see that USA Today has a new article on sex offender... |
Red Cross helped Iraqi rebels in 'hostage deal' CNN — Permalink ROME, Italy (CNN) — The Italian Red Cross has said it treated four "presumed Iraqi terrorists" at its Baghdad hospital to secure the release of two kidnapped Italian aid workers, according to a media report. | |
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Forkum: Foreign Aid — From the CNN: Red Cross helped Iraqi rebels in 'hostage deal'. |
Kathryn Jean Lopez: ITALIAN SECRETS [quote] ROME, Italy (CNN) — The Italian Red Cross has said it treated four "presumed Iraqi terrorists" at...[end quote] |