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New York Times:
Bush Would Veto Any Bill Halting Dubai Port Deal  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 — President Bush, trying to put down a rapidly escalating rebellion among leaders of his own party, said Tuesday that he would veto any legislation blocking a deal for a state-owned company in Dubai to take over the management …
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Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
Bush Shrugs Off Objections to Port Deal  —  WASHINGTON - Brushing aside objections from Republicans and Democrats alike, President Bush endorsed the takeover of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates.
Opinion Journal:
Ports of Politics  —  How to sound like a hawk without being one.  —  Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is the latest Republican to broadcast his "independence" from President Bush on homeland security, yesterday joining Senator Lindsey Graham, Representative Peter King and numerous state politicians …
Washington Post:
Bush Threatens Veto Against Bid To Stop Port Deal  —  State-Run Arab Firm Poses No Threat, President Says Amid Bipartisan Criticism  —  President Bush yesterday strongly defended an Arab company's attempt to take over the operation of seaports in Baltimore and five other cities …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
SO NOW BUSH IS THREATENING TO VETO any legislation that would block the Dubai ports deal?  Either this deal is somehow a lot more important than it seems (a quid pro quo for, well, something . . . ) or Bush is an idiot.  Your call.  —  UPDATE: Here's an argument that there's less to the port deal than meets the eye.
New York Times:
The President and the Ports  —  If President Bush follows through on his threat, he'll be making a strange choice for his first veto after more than five years in office.  After giving a pass to a parade of misbegotten Congressional initiatives and irresponsible budget packages …
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
There's No Such Thing As a Pro-Choice Republican (or Lieberman)  —  We knew it would happen sooner or later, and I guess it's going to be sooner: … Everybody who didn't seen this coming raise their hand.  Oh, is that you, Planned Parenthood? … Well, you might have f**king thought …
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Monica Davey / New York Times:   Vote Due on South Dakota Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices to Review Federal Ban on Disputed Abortion Method
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Elizabeth White / Associated Press:
Hecklers Disrupt Scalia at D.C. Appearance  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia grew tired of a persistent heckler Tuesday and asked organizers of a legal seminar to do something about the outbursts - gently.  —  "Don't use force," Scalia told American Enterprise Institute workers …
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Ted Frank / Information and opinion …:
Media coverage of Scalia speech  —  Justice Scalia spoke at AEI today.  In a speech of about 40 minutes (the web-cast should be available later this week), he laid out when it was and wasn't appropriate to use foreign law in American jurisprudence, and pointed out the contradictions …
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Daniel Finkelsteim / Times of London:   The test that David Irving set me: do I really believe in the power of truth?
Times of London:
Prosecutors say Irving jail term should be longer
President Lawrence H. Summers / president.harvard.edu:
Letter to the Harvard community  —  Dear Members of the Harvard Community,  —  I have notified the Harvard Corporation that I will resign as President of the University as of June 30, 2006.  Working closely with all parts of the Harvard community, and especially with our remarkable students …
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New York Times:
Furor Over Cartoons Pits Muslim Against Muslim  —  AMMAN, Jordan, Feb. 21 — In a direct challenge to the international uproar over cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad, the Jordanian journalist Jihad Momani wrote: "What brings more prejudice against Islam, these caricatures or pictures …
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Blast Destroys Golden Dome of Sacred Shiite Shrine in Samarra  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 22 - Insurgents dressed as police commandos detonated powerful explosives on Wednesday morning inside one of Shiite Islam's most sacred shrines, destroying most of the building, located in the volatile town of Samarra …
Alex Massie / Scotsman:
Neocon architect says: 'Pull it down'  —  NEOCONSERVATISM has failed the United States and needs to be replaced by a more realistic foreign policy agenda, according to one of its prime architects.  —  Francis Fukuyama, who wrote the best-selling book The End of History and was a member …
Will Bunch / American Prospect:
Sour Charity  —  Exclusive: Inside Rick Santorum's charity, which isn't very charitable and hasn't filed the required papers with the state.  The sidebar to Bunch's cover story posted yesterday.  —  Ever conscious of political fashion, Rick Santorum wanted to demonstrate that he, too …
The Anonymous Liberal:
Kelo Decision Vindicated (Conservatives Still Confused)  —  The New York Times reported on Tuesday that a number of states are considering laws that would curtail the eminent domain powers of state and local governments. … When the decision in Kelo v. New London was handed down last year …
Opinion Journal:
Sins of Commission  —  Human rights lose at the U.N. again.  —  So the U.N.'s Human Rights Commission publishes a study denouncing U.S. detention practices at Guantanamo, and world opinion is supposed to be outraged.  Well, count us in: Once again, the Commission has amply demonstrated …

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