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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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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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BREITBART.COM:
New York subway threat a hoax: reports — The subway terrorist threat that gripped New York last weekend was a hoax stemming from false intelligence provided by a normally reliable informant, US law enforcement officials were quoted as saying. — According to newspaper and television reports …
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Kelli Arena / CNN:
Sources: Tip on N.Y. subway threat a hoax — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Information that led to heightened security for the New York City transit system was a hoax, government sources said Tuesday. — The sources said an informant in Iraq who provided the tip had told investigators …
New York Times:
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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Will / Attytood:
Fun with Dick and George: The biggest story of 2005 is hiding in plain sight — No one in the mainstream media seems to be working on this, but the big story — the one that could dramatically change the course of the next three years — is right under their collective noses.
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Laura Bush Joins President's Defense of Miers — Joining her husband in defense of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, Laura Bush today called her a "role model for young women around the country" and suggested that sexism was a "possible" reason for the heavy criticism of the nomination.
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Independent:
West's response condemned as slow and inadequate — Western governments rushed to step up their pledges for the earthquake relief effort after their initial response to the disaster was condemned as slow-moving and financially inadequate. — The United States, which was under pressure …
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Robert Birsel / Reuters:Blocked roads, hail hamper Pakistan relief effort
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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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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:Come Again? — While admiring Jay Rosen's vivisection …
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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 …
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
DISAPPOINTING — Fed by what are to me very cheap arguments by RNC spokesmen and independent stalwarts of the administration — chiefly, it seems, Hugh Hewitt — there is now this permanently established belief in some quarters that people around here and elsewhere oppose Miers based purely on bad motives …
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.
Laurence Simon / This Blog Is Full Of Crap:
Bonfire of the Vanities — When one hosts Bonfire of the Vanities, one must be sensitive to placate the various supernatural forces and eternal beings involved in the formation of the cosmos. Therefore, I will comb my memory and present the names of the various mythical constructs of religious …
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