memeorandum @ 10:40 PM ET, March 23, 2006

10:40 PM ET, March 23, 2006

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Media Matters to Wash. Post brass: Fire bigoted blogger — CEO and Chairman of the Board, The Washington Post Co. — CEO & Publisher, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive — Dear Messrs. Brady, Downie, Jones, and Graham, and Ms. Little: — I write today to request …

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, Oliver Willis, Don Surber and Booman Tribune

Ben Domenech / Red America:

Two Quick Notes — Two clarifications for the many folks who have risen up in force to attack the existence of this blog (I appreciate the attention, by the way). — Some people have taken issue with an old two-line comment of mine on RedState.com where I referred to Coretta Scott King as a Communist on the day after her funeral.

Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
An Open Letter to Jim Brady: Who is Augustine?

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, FishBowlDC, Your Logo Here, Feministe, Roger Ailes and This Modern World

Abdul Waheed Wafa / New York Times:

Afghan Judge in Convert Case Vows to Resist Foreign Pressure — KABUL, Afghanistan, March 23 — Despite growing international concern, the judge presiding over the prosecution of an Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity said today that international pressure …

Discussion: The Mahablog, The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta and Below The Beltway

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Fox News: Rice Calls Karzai on Christian Convert's Fate

Jerusalem Post:
EU tries to save Christian convert

Discussion: Andrew Sullivan, In the Bullpen and THE ASTUTE BLOGGER

Cynthia Leonor Garza / Houston Chronicle:

Former first lady's donation aids son — Katrina funds earmarked to pay for Neil Bush's software program — Former first lady Barbara Bush donated an undisclosed amount of money to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund with specific instructions that the money be spent with an educational software company owned by her son Neil.

Discussion: TPM Muckraker, Talking Points Memo, Booman Tribune, The Mahablog and The All Spin Zone

Editor and Publisher:

Another Bad Slip for 'NY Times': Katrina Victim Unmasked — NEW YORK For the second time in less than a week, The New York Times today admitted to a serious error in a story. On Saturday it said it had misidentified a man featured in the iconic "hooded inmate" photograph from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Discussion: Hugh Hewitt, Penraker, Daimnation!, Media Blog on National …, The Huffington Post and Sister Toldjah

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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Woman Claiming to Be a Victim of Katrina Is Charged With Fraud

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, ARMAVIRUMQUE, NewsBusters.org, Power Line and Gina Cobb

cpt.org:

CPT Statement: CPTers Released — Our hearts are filled with joy today as we heard that Harmeet Singh Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember have been safely released in Baghdad. Christian Peacemaker Teams rejoices with their families and friends at the expectation of their return to their loved ones and community.

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James Wolcott:

"WORSE THAN A FOOL" — Among the many peculiarities of this president is his utter refusal to listen to those within his own orbit in the oil realm. It's understandable, if unacceptable, that Bush would ignore the warnings of environmentalists regarding Peak Oil and global warming …

Discussion: Firedoglake and The Next Hurrah

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John Quiggin / Crooked Timber:
Carbon: too much, not too little — Like Henry George's theory …

Discussion: TAPPED and Ezra Klein

Drudge Report:

ABC NEWS EXEC: 'BUSH MAKES ME SICK'; E-MAIL REVEALED — A top producer at ABC NEWS declared "Bush makes me sick" in an email obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT. — John Green, currently executive producer of the weekend edition of GOOD MORNING AMERICA, unloaded on the president in an ABC company email obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT.

Discussion: RightWinged.com, NewsBusters.org, Roger L. Simon, The Wide Awake Cafe, The Huffington Post, IMAO, Media Blog on National …, Dinocrat, The Strata-Sphere, Sister Toldjah, Ed Driscoll.com, Wizbang and COUNTERCOLUMN

Maeve Reston / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

NOW says it will back challenger to Casey in U.S. Senate bid — WASHINGTON — Two women's rights groups yesterday endorsed Philadelphia lawyer Alan M. Sandals for U.S. Senate, warning that abortion rights supporters may stay home this November if state Treasurer Robert P. Casey Jr. gets …

Discussion: California Conservative

John Cole / Balloon Juice:

The Right and Individual Rights — Interesting piece in the NY Times that spends a lot of time on Judge Roberts writing a testy dissent. What is more interesting is the following: … The right wing of the Republican party has sold the libertarian/centrist wing of the party a bill of goods …

Discussion: QandO, Patterico's Pontifications, Norwegianity, Below The Beltway, OrinKerr.com, Unclaimed Territory, The Democratic Daily Blog, Penraker, Wonkette, Concurring Opinions, The Heretik, Modulator and Middle Earth Journal

Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:

Breaking the Silence — A prominent former insider is criticizing the administration's handling of Iraq's reconstruction. And there's more to come. — Marwan Naamani / AFP-Getty Images — Bremer reviews Iraqi troops in 2003 — March 22, 2006 - Andrew Natsios has taken a lot of flak over his role in Iraq.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, TPM Muckraker, The Washington Monthly and The Left Coaster

Stanley Kurtz / The Corner on National Review Online:

SALETAN ON POLYAMORY — William Saletan has a very interesting piece up at Slate claiming to debunk the threat of polygamy/polyamory. ( "Don't Do Unto Others.") Saletan's quite right that the universality of jealousy creates a permanent and serious problem with the stability of multi-partner unions.

Discussion: Slate, Donklephant, Althouse and Andrew Sullivan

New York Times:

Are Late Innings the Time for a Relief Pitcher? — Karl Rove, center, in the Cabinet Room last week with Senators Rick Santorum, left, of Pennsylvania and George Allen of Virginia. "I'm an idiot one day and a genius the next," he said about experts' views of him.

Discussion: The Reaction, Daily Kos, Firedoglake, TAPPED, The Left Coaster, State of the Day, The Carpetbagger Report, Wonkette, AMERICAblog, Bark Bark Woof Woof, The Stakeholder and NewsBusters.org

Patrick Cockburn / Independent:

Insurgent doctor killed dozens of wounded soldiers — When policemen, soldiers and officials in Kirkuk who were injured in insurgent attacks arrived in the emergency room of the hospital, they hoped their chances of surviving had gone up as doctors tended their wounds.

Discussion: Gina Cobb and Jihad Watch