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Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
The Firestorm Over My Column — Nothing in my 50-year career prepared me for the thousands of flaming e-mails I got last week over my last column, e-mails so abusive and many so obscene that part of The Post's Web site was shut down. — That column praised The Post for breaking the story …
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Jay Rosen / The Huffington Post:
Transparency at the Post: Q & A with Jim Brady of Washingtonpost.com — When Jim Brady decides to shut down the comments at post.blog to prevent even bigger problems we're going backwards in our ability to have a conversation with the Washington Post. That isn't good.
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ABCNEWS:
Why Isn't Bin Laden Caught, 'Dead or Alive?' — Al Qaeda Chief May Have Found a Sanctuary in Remote Pakistan — Jan. 20, 2006 — Somewhere in the mountains of Pakistan or Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden probably is smiling — maybe even with a clean-shaven or reconstructed face.
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:Matthews Explains His Bin Laden "Sounds Like an Over-The-Top Michael Moore" Remark
Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israeli Hints at Preparation to Stop Iran — JERUSALEM - Israel's defense minister hinted Saturday that the Jewish state is preparing for military action to stop Iran's nuclear program, but said international diplomacy must be the first course of action. — "Israel will not be able to accept …
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
BeKos Kerry Says So — Massachusetts Senator and failed Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry, writing on Daily Kos: … Right. Because had George W simply strapped on the chaps, cowboyed up, and put a slug in bin Laden's belly as promised, al Qaeda would have dried up and blown away …
David Ammons / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Returning Abramoff cash 'taints' tribes, Murray says — OLYMPIA — Sen. Patty Murray said Friday that returning contributions from Indian tribes represented by Jack Abramoff would "taint" the tribes. — The state's senior senator, a Seattle Democrat, said there was nothing wrong with accepting …
Verena Dobnik / Associated Press:
Belafonte Continues Tirade Against Bush — NEW YORK — Entertainer Harry Belafonte, one of the Bush administration's harshest critics, compared the Homeland Security Department to the Nazi Gestapo on Saturday and attacked the president as a liar. — "We've come to this dark …
William Baude / New York Times:
States of Confusion — IT'S no longer just anti-abortion advocates who oppose Roe v. Wade. These days, Roe's traditional critics are joined by a surprising and increasing number of people who are pro-choice but willing - in fact, eager - to have the ruling overturned.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Medicare Woes Take High Toll on Mentally Ill — Stephen Starnes, 49, has paranoid schizophrenia and is a resident at Dayspring Village, a Florida assisted living center for the mentally ill. — HILLIARD, Fla., Jan. 16 - On the seventh day of the new Medicare drug benefit …
Zachary Goldfarb / Washington Post:
As Elections Near, Officials Challenge Balloting Security — In Controlled Test, Results Are Manipulated in Florida System — As the Leon County supervisor of elections, Ion Sancho's job is to make sure voting is free of fraud. But the most brazen effort lately to manipulate election results …
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Shakespeare's Sister:
A Million Dollars Worth of Irony — Back in June, I mentioned a reality show called "Welcome to the Neighborhood," in which three white, self-described "Christian" families in Texas got to pick their new neighbors from among a group of minority families, including an African-American family …
David Sirota / Sirotablog:
Top Dems Announce Push for Public Financing of Elections — For months, many (including me) have been pushing Democrats to get serious about truly reforming America's political system by pushing public financing of elections, instead of offering relatively tiny changes to lobbying/ethics rules.
The Left Coaster:
Rove's Strategy is Out, What's Ours? — I'm in a bleak, weary mood laced with caffeine, but nonetheless I will press ahead in some self-absorbed quest of futility: I want to know how the Democrats are going to win Congress in 2006. Yes, both the House and Senate.
Jill / Brilliant at Breakfast:
Now I am 100% convinced that the "Bin Laden Tape" is a fake, put together by Rove & Co. — Think about it. — What is the archetypal Karl Rove strategy? … The timing and content of this so-called "New Bin Laden" tape has Rove's fingerprints all over it.
Daily Kos:
The Real Truth About Bush's "War On Terror" — Karl Rove, who himself is a threat to national security, revealed that the GOP will make national security a central issue in 2006. Who better to reveal the Republicans' Orwellian plan that the man who probably leaked highly classified national security secrets …
MB Williams / Wampum:
The 2005 Koufax Awards: Best New Blog — Here we go! — This is the category for best of the new crop of bloggers who bore their progeny blog sometime after January 1, 2005. The closest I personally have ever come to receiving a Koufax Award was when I was runner up in this category …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Liberal Misstep On Anti-Americanism — Canada may suddenly be hip with Americans, but it might surprise people on both sides of the border that Americans still retain some popularity among Canadians. The Washington Post reports on the upcoming Canadian election today by covering the backlash …
Lewis Libby Indictment / TalkLeft:
PlameGate: Libby and the Government At Odds Over Discovery — The Government and lawyers for Lewis "Scooter" Libby filed a discovery status report today with the court. Here are the items in contention (from the court filing): — 6. It is the position of the defense …
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National Review:
The "Sacking" of O'Beirne — What's this we have here? — Well, naturally, it's a book review from Amazon.com! — Back in late December, when we put together our annual New Year's prognostications, National Review's John J. Miller predicted "a student group called the Womyn's Liberation Front …
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David Kamp / New York Times:
Male Like Me — Don't judge this book by its cover. It features two photographs of the author, Norah Vincent. In the first, she's a brassy, attractive woman with short, upswept hair and a confident smirk on her face. In the second, she's done up in man drag, with poindexter eyeglasses, a day's worth of stubble and a necktie.
Reuters:
Report says ransom money found on Osthoff — BERLIN (Reuters) - Part of the ransom money alleged to have been paid by the German government to win the freedom of Iraq hostage Susanne Osthoff last month was found on Osthoff after her release, the German magazine Focus said on Saturday.
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New York Times:
More Attacks and Meetings on a Program Under Fire — WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 - Vice President Dick Cheney gave Congressional leaders a closed-door briefing at the White House Friday on the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping program, as Democrats escalated their attacks on President Bush …
