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National Review:
An Affront to Civilization — We should have no illusions that Afghanistan — in many ways the backwater of the Islamic world — will soon embrace Western-style religious pluralism. But the trial of Abdul Rahman, who faces a potential death sentence for converting to Christianity some 15 years ago, is an affront to civilization.
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush Troubled by Afghan Convert's Case — President Bush said Wednesday that he is "deeply troubled" that an Afghan man is being tried for converting to Christianity. — Abdul Rahman, 41, faces a possible death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity 16 years ago.
Beth Fouhy / Newsday:
Clinton vows to block bill criminalizing illegal immigrants — NEW YORK — Invoking Biblical themes, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton joined immigration advocates Wednesday to vow and block legislation seeking to criminalize undocumented immigrants. — Clinton, a potential 2008 presidential candidate …
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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Reid Threatens Filibuster on Immigration — As the Senate prepares to tackle the most sweeping immigration reforms in years, a top Democrat vowed Wednesday to do everything in his power, including filibuster, to thwart Majority Leader Bill Frist's proposed overhaul.
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The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Roberts Dissent Reveals Strain Beneath Court's Placid Surface — WASHINGTON, March 22 — A Supreme Court decision on Wednesday in an uncelebrated criminal case did more than resolve a dispute over whether the police can search a home without a warrant when one occupant gives consent but another objects.
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James Vicini / Reuters:
Court rejects searches when occupants disagree — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the police cannot enter a home and seize evidence without a warrant when one occupant agreed to the search after the other occupant refused permission.
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Chris Lehmann / New York Observer:
Russ Never Sleeps — 'Politicians and Pundits Are Afraid,' Says Wisconsin's Feingold, As Democrats Abandon Him on Bush Wiretap Censure Motion; Will Senator Become the Eugene McCarthy of '08 Primaries? — None of this fits any of the tried-and-true formulations in the red-and-blue American playbook.
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Jeff Gelles / Philadelphia Inquirer:
IRS plans to allow preparers to sell data — Critics said the proposed regulation could lead to a loss of privacy for clients. — The IRS is quietly moving to loosen the once-inviolable privacy of federal income-tax returns. If it succeeds, accountants and other tax-return preparers …
Opinion Journal:
What if We Lose? — The consequences of U.S. defeat in Iraq. — The third anniversary of U.S. military action to liberate Iraq has brought with it a relentless stream of media and political pessimism that is unwarranted by the facts and threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophesy if it goes unchallenged.
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Steven Gutkin / Associated Press:
Israel May Be Next al-Qaida Battleground — Signs are mounting that al-Qaida terrorists are setting their sights on Israel and the Palestinian territories as their next jihad battleground. — Israel has indicted two West Bank militants for al-Qaida membership, Egypt arrested operatives trying …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
I Am Very Worried About 2006 — The Democratic primary in the IL-06 was not supposed to be close. I travel to DC often these days (in fact, I am about to leave for DC now), and from everyone I had talked to down there, I was told more or less the same thing: Duckworth will win this primary, and win it huge.
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Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
AP's Bush 'Straw Man' Story: News Analysis Or Unlabeled Opinion? — NEW YORK Did a recent Associated Press story examining President George Bush's alleged tendency to use a "straw man" approach in his speeches cross the line from news to biased opinion? Or was it just a long-overdue …
Since this is shaping... / Hullabaloo:
Animal Magnetism — Since this is shaping up to be bloggy fun day, I can't help but weigh in on this delicious little dust-up over at Jeff Goldstein's dog house pertaining to none other than my pal and blogging companion, tristero. — Tristero already wrote about it, as you all probably know.
Andrew Mangino / Yale Daily News:
Albright lectures on public service — Madeleine Albright says she knows how to have fun. — Soon after Albright became Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton LAW '73, she received a memo informing her that she would be required — at an upcoming Asian summit of foreign ministers — to perform a skit.
radioblogger.com:
Christopher Hitchens on the media coverage of Iraq, and whether some on the other side are recognizing what they've wrought. — HH: Happy to have back to begin today's show Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair columnist, author of many books, including a recent bio of Thomas Jefferson.
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Done With Mirrors
National Review:
To Hell with the "To Hell With The 'To Hell With Them' Hawks" Hawks — Just kidding there — actually, making the point that "The 'To Hell With Them' Hawks" is a really clunky way of identifying a faction. It used to be said of the mathematician Camille Jordan, whose papers were famously unreadable …
Lorie Byrd / Townhall.com:
The war about more than hurt feelings — Email to a friend - Print this page - Text size: A A — A strange thing has been happening on the Left over the past few months. For the first time in my memory, there seems to be a desire of those on the Left, and those in the media …