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National Review:
Shameful Attacks  —  In the course of a free-wheeling conversation so common on talk-format programs, Bill Bennett made a minor point that was statistically and logically unassailable, but that touched a third rail — namely, the nexus between race and crime — within the highly charged context of abortion policy.
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Steven D. Levitt / Freakonomics:
Bill Bennett and Freakonomics  —  Bill Bennett and I have a fair amount in common.  We've both written about crime (his "superpredator" theory gets a quick discussion in Freakonomics), we have both thought a lot about illegal drugs and education (he was the original "drug czar" …
Brad DeLong / Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal:
In Defense of Bill Bennett  —  Bill Bennett is a hypocrite, a loathsome fungus on the tree of American politics, a man who has worked unceasingly to make America a worse place—when he's not publishing the work of others under his own name, or rolling the dice at Las Vegas while claiming …
Associated Press:
Bennett: Black Abortions Would Lower Crime
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
The Nation:
A CIA-Did-It Defense for Scooter in the Plame Leak Case?  —  When you already have a fall guy, use him—especially if he's a dead man.  —  Could that be the legal strategy of I. Lewis Libby (a.k.a. Scooter), Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, in the Plame/CIA leak case?
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Miller's Big Secret  —  Can it be?  That after all that, New York Times reporter Judith Miller sat in jail for 12 weeks to protect the confidentiality of a very senior White House aide — even though the aide repeatedly made it clear he didn't want protecting?
Arianna Huffington / huffingtonpost.com:
Miller Walks: The Plot Thickens
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
If I were A Different Man... (Or Woman)
CNN:
Jailed reporter reaches deal in CIA leak probe
Murray Waas / American Prospect:
The Meeting  —  From August 6: Scooter Libby and Judy Miller met …
Discussion: The Stakeholder and AMERICAblog
Editor and Publisher:
Miller Speaks to Reporters After Testifying, Cites 'Narrow Testimony' as Key
Discussion: mediabistro
Jennifer Saba / Editor and Publisher:   'Philadelphia Inquirer' Writers Scoop Gray Lady on its Own Story
Janet Elliott / Houston Chronicle:
Others deny DeLay didn't get chance to tell his side  —  AUSTIN - The day after U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay's grand jury indictment, his lawyer and the jury foreman on Thursday appeared to contradict the Texas politician's assertions that he was not given a chance to speak before the jury.
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Hermelinda Vargas / news8austin.com:
Grand jury foreman defends DeLay indictment  —  The 12-member grand jury that indicted U.S. Rep. Tom Delay, R-Sugar Land, faces scrutiny from critics who say they are lackeys for Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle.  —  Foreman William Gibson lives in a Northeast Austin neighborhood.
Robert Burns / apnews.excite.com:
Army Faces Worst Recruiting Slump in Years  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army is closing the books on one of the leanest recruiting years since it became an all-volunteer service three decades ago, missing its enlistment target by the largest margin since 1979 and raising questions about its plans for growth.
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Dafydd / Big Lizards:
An Army of One... Million
Aoife White / Associated Press:
EU Wants Shared Control of Internet  —  The European Union insisted Friday that governments and the private sector must share the responsibility of overseeing the Internet, setting the stage for a showdown with the United States on the future of Internet governance.
Discussion: QandO and Kesher Talk
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Bradley S. Klapper / Associated Press:   U.S. insists on keeping control of Web
Matt Margolis / Blogs for Bush:
With Love, From Air America  —  An alert B4B reader and blogger, Jeff, alerted us last night that Mark Noonan's piece Do the Democrats Want a Civil War? caught the attention of Air America host Mike Malloy.  Jeff told Mark that Malloy "recommended that his listeners physically assault you several times.
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Martha Neil / abanet.org:
HALF OF U.S. SEES 'JUDICIAL ACTIVISM CRISIS'  —  ABA Journal Survey Results Surprise Some Legal Experts  —  More than half of Americans are angry and disappointed with the nation's judiciary, a new survey done for the ABA Journal eReport shows.  —  A majority of the survey respondents agreed …
Discussion: irishpennants.com
John / AMERICAblog:
Note to Congress: Grow some cojones.  Here's your chance  —  I've been thinking some more about my post, below, about the fact that our troops are STILL being forced to buy their own body armor.  —  It's time for Democrats to take an obvious issue handed to them by God himself and run with it in an intelligent, strategic way.
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Rachel Zoll / Associated Press:
Jesuit Official Rips Expected Ban on Gays  —  NEW YORK - A top Jesuit official is raising objections about an upcoming Vatican document that's expected to reinforce Roman Catholic teaching that gays are not welcome in the priesthood, while some U.S. leaders of men's religious orders are considering …
Associated Press:
Gingrich says scandal, Katrina could liberate GOP  —  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich says Republicans can turn the indictment of House Speaker Tom DeLay and the criticism over the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina to their advantage.

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