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Documents Show Miers's Close Ties to Bush — AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 10 - "You are the best governor ever - deserving of great respect," Harriet E. Miers wrote to George W. Bush days after his 51st birthday in July 1997. She also found him "cool," said he and his wife, Laura, were "the greatest!" and told him: "Keep up the great work.
Irwin Arieff / Reuters:
US blocks U.N. briefing on atrocities in Sudan — UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador John Bolton blocked a U.N. envoy on Monday from briefing the Security Council on grave human rights violations in Sudan's Darfur region, saying the council had to act against atrocities and not just talk about them.
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Warren Hoge / New York Times:
U.N. Is Gradually Becoming More Hospitable to Israel — UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 10 - Israel recently proposed a United Nations resolution, it submitted its candidacy for a two-year seat on the Security Council, and its prime minister has been warmly received speaking to the General Assembly.
Colum Lynch / Washington Post:
Militia Violence Escalating In Darfur, U.N. Envoy Says — UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 10 — The top United Nations envoy for the prevention of genocide charged Monday that Arab militias have escalated their campaign of violence against civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan, mounting an unprecedented pair …
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
The Shimmer: Missing Data at the New York Times — "Whereas a week ago, I was calling it 'Judy Miller's New York Times' to emphasize how she seemed to be the actor-in-chief, I now think it's more than that: a bigger unknown is affecting things. Not only is the Times not operating properly …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Mellowing on Miers. — The Washington Times reports on the official White House response to the massive doubts about Harriet Miers. On the surface, it's all wait and see, we actually know what we're doing. Meanwhile, nearly half the Republican senators have expressed doubts.
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hughhewitt.com:
Althouse et al — University of Wisconsin Professor of Law Ann Althouse has a very important post today, because it is the first "turning" post I have seen on Harriet Miers, proving that such "mellowing" is in fact possible, and from within the Academy. — Here's the crucial proposition AA makes:
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PoliPundit.com:
Questions about Miers — The reason I oppose Harriet Miers' confirmation to the Supreme Court is that no one - not her, not her supporters, not her surrogates - has been able to answer the following questions to convince me she's not another O'Connor. If no one can overrule my objections then, well, my objections stand.
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New York Times:
Military May Propose an Active-Duty Force for Relief Efforts — WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 - The military's Northern Command is developing a proposal to organize a specially trained and equipped active-duty force that could respond quickly to assist relief efforts in the event of overwhelming natural disasters …
Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Liberal Hopes Ebb in Post-Storm Poverty Debate — WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 - As Hurricane Katrina put the issue of poverty onto the national agenda, many liberal advocates wondered whether the floods offered a glimmer of opportunity. The issues they most cared about - health care, housing …
Brian Faler / Washington Post:
A Capitol Hill Presence in the Blogosphere — Lawmakers Try to Balance Value of Openness With The Medium's Blunt Tone — "Suddenly the plane just started dropping," wrote Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.). — "We did this amazing zigzag in — sort of spiral down very fast — and my ears felt horrendous …
Jacob Gershman / New York Sun:
Blogging Prof Fails To Heed His Own Advice — "I shouldn't be doing this. I'll be going up for tenure soon." — It was with those words of self admonishment that an assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago, Daniel Drezner, inaugurated his Web log in September 2002.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Buckley: The Right's Practical Intellectual — It is time that I confess to an illicit love. I am now, and have been almost all my life, an admirer of William F. Buckley Jr. — The skeptical conservative might say it's easy for a liberal to like this elitist Yale grad who uses big words …
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Yahoo! News:
Germany gets first female chancellor as Schroeder concedes — Germany broke new political ground as Angela Merkel won the battle to be its first female chancellor, heading a government uniting the country's two biggest parties and ending Gerhard Schroeder's grip on power.
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Xeni Jardin / Los Angeles Times:
Battle blogging for profit — AS BLOGS become big business, Internet giants have begun trying to profit from new forms of journalism, including war coverage. The results are not encouraging. — Yahoo's latest experiment reveals that it considers war news just another form of entertainment.
Washington Times:
Scalia criticizes politics of confirmation process — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, often extolled by conservative Republicans as their ideal model of a judge, said yesterday the confirmation process was too politicized and that he wouldn't want to experience it again.
