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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Jihadi Turns Bulldog — The Taliban's former spokesman is now a Yale student. Anyone see a problem with that? — Never has an article made me blink with astonishment as much as when I read in yesterday's New York Times magazine that Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, former ambassador-at-large for the Taliban …
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Chip Brown / New York Times:
The Freshman — Talib in Luce Hall — Sometimes walking up College Street, when the bells were ringing in Harkness Tower and the light on the gabled dorms and leafy quads made the whole campus seem part of some Platonic dream, he could almost forget that there were people back home who would be happy to kill him.
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Iraqi Sunni Bloc to Rejoin Talks on Government — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 26 — Leaders of the main Sunni Arab political bloc have decided to return to suspended talks over the formation of a new government, the top Sunni negotiator said Sunday. The step could help defuse the sectarian tensions …
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Associated Press:
Stumbo wants justices appointed by Fletcher to step aside — FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo says two substitutes named to the state Supreme Court by Gov. Ernie Fletcher should disqualify themselves because they have contributed to Fletcher's political campaigns.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Bush Policies Weakening Guard, Governors Say — WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 — Governors of both parties said Sunday that Bush administration policies were stripping the National Guard of equipment and personnel needed to respond to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, forest fires and other emergencies.
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Washington Post:
Bush's Response To the Ports Deal Faulted as Tardy — By the Time President's Political Team Took Notice, Controversy Was an Uproar — Sen. Charles E. Schumer, an outspoken liberal Democrat from New York, two weeks ago began publicly denouncing a deal to let a Middle Eastern firm take over terminal operations at six U.S. seaports.
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Elisabeth J. Beardsley / Courier-Journal:Frist says he's OK with ports deal
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
German Intelligence Gave U.S. Iraqi Defense Plan, Report Says — WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 — Two German intelligence agents in Baghdad obtained a copy of Saddam Hussein's plan to defend the Iraqi capital, which a German official passed on to American commanders a month before the invasion …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Russert Watch: Meet the Republicans — Today on Meet the Press it was Meet the Republicans, as Russert's well-rounded lineup included Republican Senator John Warner, Republican Congressman Peter King and Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Perhaps the phone lines are down on the other side of the political divide.
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Scott Collins / Los Angeles Times:
Don Knotts, star of 'The Andy Griffith Show,' dead at 81 — Knotts died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills. — Don Knotts, the saucer-eyed, scarecrow-thin comic actor best known for his roles as the high-strung small …
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Mother of Mercy, Is This the End of FISA?! * — *Hat tip: Edward G. Robinson. — The Washington Post reports today about legislation drafted by Senator Specter to respond to the NSA/FISA imbroglio. The Post makes it sound as if Senator Specter would be clamping down on the Administration:
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Drudge Report:
BUSH, ROVE SAY HILLARY WILL WIN DEM PRIMARY — BUT LOSE GENERAL ELECTION — President Bush and his top strategist, Karl Rove, say Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be tough to beat in the Democratic presidential primaries of 2008 — but not in the general election!
Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
As Canada's Slow-Motion Public Health System Falters, Private Medical Care Is Surging — VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 23 — The Cambie Surgery Center, Canada's most prominent private hospital, may be considered a rogue enterprise. — Accepting money from patients for operations …
unitedforpeace.org:
Storm the White House — Multi-Day Event, Beginning March 15, come when you can and stay as long as you can - we are taking over the White House until they leave. Torture, Occupation, Genocide - Must End Now. — Washington, DC USA — TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE BY STORM - Stop Genocide, Torture and Occupation
Associated Press:
McGavin, 'A Christmas Story' father, dies at 83 — LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Darren McGavin was painting a movie set in 1945 when he learned of an opening for a small role in the show, climbed off his ladder, and returned through Columbia's front gates to land the part.
Tony Paterson / Telegraph:
Outcry in Germany as anti-Semitic film sells out — A virulently anti-Semitic film about the Iraq war has provoked a storm of protest in Germany after it sold out to cheering audiences from the country's 2.5 million-strong Turkish community. — Valley of the Wolves, by the Turkish director Serdan Akar …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Less Freedom, Less Speech — In some recess of David Irving's reptile brain, he knows that his indefensible imprisonment is helping his side. His side consists of all the enemies of open societies. — Irving, born in England in 1938, was a prodigy of perversity, asking for a copy of "Mein Kampf" as a school prize.
