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Ben Domenech / Red America:
Pachyderms in the Mist: Red America and the MSM — This is a blog for the majority of Americans. — Since the election of 1992, the extreme political left has fought a losing battle. Their views on the economy, marriage, abortion, guns, the death penalty, health care, welfare, taxes …
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Editor and Publisher:
'Wash Post' Launches Conservative Blog, Provokes a 'Firestorm' — NEW YORK During the recent controversy surrounding Dan Froomkin's blog at The Washington Post, editors not only decided to clearly label his column "opinion" but also to make an effort to hire a conservative blogger to balance his alleged liberal slant.
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush Defends Decisions on Iraq War — WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday the decision about when to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq will fall to future presidents and Iraqi leaders, suggesting that U.S. involvement will continue at least through 2008.
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White House:
Press Conference of the President — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Yesterday I delivered a — the second in a series of speeches on the situation in Iraq. I spoke about the violence that the Iraqi people had faced since last month's bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra.
National Review:
How It's Looking — EDITOR'S NOTE: In a energetic lunchtime address and Q&A Monday in Cleveland, President Bush spoke about progress in Iraq and a "strategy for victory" there. — To mark the three-year anniversary this week of the Coalition going into Iraq, National Review Online gathered …
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Pieter Dorsman / Peaktalk:
WOMEN AND ISLAM — One of the things that probably get lost in all the demographic projections for Europe - which by the way are subject to some credible criticisms - is the fact that they most likely do not take account of native Europeans becoming Muslim.
Christopher Hitchens / Opinion Journal:
The Stone Face of Zarqawi — Iraq is no "distraction" from al Qaeda. — In February 2004, our Kurdish comrades in northern Iraq intercepted a courier who was bearing a long message from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to his religious guru Osama bin Laden. The letter contained a deranged analysis …
David W. Chen / New York Times:
Cheney at Fund-Raiser, but Not With the Candidate — NEWARK, March 20 — In the biggest campaign fund-raiser yet on behalf of State Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney traveled to New Jersey on Monday and praised Mr. Kean as someone with "the experience …
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Stephen Bates / Guardian:
Archbishop: stop teaching creationism — Williams backs science over Bible — The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has stepped into the controversy between religious fundamentalists and scientists by saying that he does not believe that creationism - the Bible-based account …
Kurt Kleiner / Toronto Star:
How to spot a baby conservative — Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought everyone was out to get him, and was always running to the teacher with complaints? Chances are he grew up to be a conservative. — At least, he did if he was one of 95 kids …
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
The Cheney-led Civil War-Deniers — (Markos Moulitsas Zuniga when in US Army, 1989-1992) — Former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft said on January 6, 2005 that we may be seeing "incipient civil war" in Iraq. — David Frum misquotes Scowcroft and wrestles with TWN …
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The GOP's Shrinking Middle — Members of Congress retire all the time, but some retirements are leading indicators of the direction of our politics. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert's announcement last week to call it quits matters, and in a depressing way. — The affable 69-year-old New York Republican …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Pastors' Get-Out-the-Vote Training Could Test Tax Rules — WASHINGTON, March 20 — Weeks after the Internal Revenue Service announced a crackdown on political activities by churches and other tax-exempt organizations, a coalition of nonprofit conservative groups is holding training sessions …
Charles S. Johnson / helenair.com:
Poll: Burns struggling in race — HELENA - If U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns drops out of the race, either Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg or former Gov. Marc Racicot would instantly hold big leads over the top two Democrats against whom Burns is struggling, a poll released Monday shows.
Associated Press:
FBI, you've got mail — NOT! — FBI official says budget doesn't cover accounts for all agents — NEW YORK (AP) — Budget constraints are forcing some FBI agents to operate without e-mail accounts, according to the agency's top official in New York. — "As ridiculous as this might sound …
Michelle Malkin:
THE UNITED NATIONS SMEARS LEGO — ***scroll for updates*** — Today is The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is celebrating the day with this vile poster portraying Denmark's most famous company as racist: