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4:05 PM ET, March 24, 2006

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Wpnieditor / washingtonpost.blog:
Ben Domenech Resigns  —  In the past 24 hours, we learned of allegations that Ben Domenech plagiarized material that appeared under his byline in various publications prior to washingtonpost.com contracting with him to write a blog that launched Tuesday.  —  An investigation into these allegations …
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Rick Moran / The American Thinker:
It appeared to be the beginning of something new and exciting for the mainstream press.  The Washington Post hired a conservative blogger ostensibly to give the view from the right on issues covered by the paper's news department.  The Post has proven it self innovative in other ways when it comes …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Some Readers See Red Over Post.com's New Blogger  —  The Washington Post Co.'s Web operation has touched off an online furor by hiring as a blogger a 24-year-old former Bush administration aide who co-founded a conservative site and recently referred to Coretta Scott King as a "communist."
Salon:
What hath Domenech done?  —  If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, young conservative Ben Domenech was apparently flattering Salon plenty back in college.  On Thursday several bloggers examined the controversial Domenech's stint as a schoolboy columnist at the College …
Editor and Publisher:
Conservatives Turn on New 'Wash Post' Blogger, Urge Him to Step Down
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Madeleine Albright / Los Angeles Times:
Good versus evil isn't a strategy  —  Bush's worldview fails to see that in the Middle East, power politics is the key.  —  THE BUSH administration's newly unveiled National Security Strategy might well be subtitled "The Irony of Iran."  Three years after the invasion of Iraq and the invention …
Associated Press:
Top Muslim clerics: Convert must die  —  Religious leaders urge courts to ignore West, hang Christian  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Senior Muslim clerics are demanding that an Afghan man on trial for converting from Islam to Christianity be executed, warning that if the government caves …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Bush Is Facing a Difficult Path on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON, March 23 — In the days before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, immigration policy was going to be President Bush's signature issue.  It was central to his thinking as the former governor of a border state, key to his relationship …
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Washington Post:
Immigration Debate Is Shaped by '08 Election
Discussion: TAPPED
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement  —  In addendum to law, he says oversight rules are not binding  —  WASHINGTON — When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
In Charge, Except They're Not  —  Is President Bush the leader of our government, or is he just a right-wing talk-show host?  —  The question comes to mind after Bush's news conference this week in which he sounded like someone who has no control over the government he is in charge of.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Of Course It's a Civil War  —  Today's big debate over Iraq seems to be: Is there or is there not a civil war?  Yes, say the defeatists, citing former prime minister Ayad Allawi, a man with an ax to grind against the current (elected) government, which excluded him.
Mark / Liberty Just In Case:
Medals  —  Welcome Instapundit readers... Stay a while, have a look around.  —  Quick, name a Medal of Honor winner.  No Google searches allowed.  —  Sargent York.  —  Audie Murphy.  —  Bet you've heard of those two.  You may even remember James Stockdale.
Discussion: Gay Patriot
On The Fence Films:
Stonewalling At Yale  —  Yesterday, Evan Maloney was on the Yale campus hoping to interview administrators and allow them to give a fuller accounting of their decision to admit an ex-Taliban official with very little previous education to the hallowed halls of one of America's elite universities.
Discussion: Opinion Journal
The Ugly American / The Real Ugly American.com:
Pundit In Chief: An Interview with Fred Barnes  —  Well I am a day late but here is "The big story" I was working on.  Yesterday I was very honored to have the opportunity to speak for a bout 45 minutes with Fred Barnes (whose notable work will be detailed in just a moment) about his new book Rebel in Chief.
 
 
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James Robison / Ray Robison:
Russian scientists in Iraq hide during surprise U.N. inspection
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Operation Scorpion  —  Iraqi Army conducts independent operations …
New York Post:
NOT EVEN CLOSE  —  March 24, 2006 — IF surgeons wielded scalpels …
Discussion: irishpennants.com
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Saddam, Al Qaeda Did Collaborate, Documents Show
Discussion: Power Line and Solomonia
Cynthia Leonor Garza / Houston Chronicle:
Former first lady's donation aids son
Peter Spiegel / Los Angeles Times:
Bush's Requests for Iraqi Base Funding Make Some Wary of Extended Stay
Discussion: Air America Radio
New York Times:
Secretary of Homeland Insecurity
Discussion: The Mahablog
Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
Red Cross Sifting Internal Charges Over Katrina Aid
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thewesterlysun.com:
STATE BANS ABSTINENCE PROGRAM
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Women Wage Key Campaigns for Democrats
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Challenge for U.S.: Iraq's Handling of Detainees
Jim Heintz / Associated Press:
Belarusian police round up protesters
Michael A. Livingston / from milan to mumbai:
"Diversity," the ABA, and the law schools
 

 
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Financial Times:
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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