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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Time to stop feeling guilty and start really bombing — (updated below) — The Wall St. Journal's Opinion Journal today published an Op-Ed by Shelby Steele that advances one of the most truly incoherent and just plain inane arguments I have read in a long time.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Language, Intent, and the other Other — In today's WSJ Opinion Journal, Shelby Steele writes eloquently and forcefully on a subject familiar to regular protein wisdom readers: the dangers of undue (and artificial) deference to Otherness, particularly its tangible effects on protecting the security of the US.
Mark Noonan / Blogs for Bush:
Guilty White People — It looks as though Shelby Steele decided that he wanted to be hated by a large number of people - and so he wrote this: … Powerful stuff, and political heresy for those on the left - they will hate Steele for writing this. — There was, though …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
The Cole Report — When it comes to Iran, he distorts, you decide. — In some ways, the continuing row over his call for the complete destruction of Israel must baffle Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. All he did, after all, was to turn up at a routine anti-Zionist event and repeat …
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Hitchens the Hacker; And, Hitchens the Orientalist
Hitchens the Hacker; And, Hitchens the Orientalist
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Adam Green / The Huffington Post:
Mike McCurry — Hurting The Internet, Hurting His Admirers — I feel sorry for Mike McCurry. I really do. — As a George Washington University political communications student in the 1990's, I joined many in looking up to Mike McCurry as the best in our field.
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Drudge Report:
MARY CHENEY SAYS HER FATHER SAID EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTED TO HEAR WHEN SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS GAY — Vice president tells VANITY FAIR his image might be better if he spent more time trying to improve it, "but that's not why I'm here" — New York, N.Y. - In her new memoir, NOW IT'S MY TURN …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
In the Roberts Court, More Room for Argument — WASHINGTON, May 2 — This is the week that the Supreme Court, done with its regular argument sessions, enters the stretch run. — While it is too soon for substantive appraisals of the first year of the Roberts court, it is not too soon …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Bush, Hill Republicans Agree To Extend Expiring Tax Cuts — Democrats Point to Deficit and Benefits for the Rich — President Bush and congressional Republicans agreed yesterday on a $70 billion package of tax-cut extensions that they hope will help halt the deterioration of their political fortunes.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
I Gotcher Bad Taste For Ya Rite-chia — I'm listening to Scarborough dissect Colbert's performance with Ana Marie Cox and Michael Sherer from Salon and I can't believe how vapid it is. They all agree that Colbert is usually hilarious but he wasn't entirely successful at the white house …
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Empty Wheel / The Next Hurrah:
Scooter Libby Reads the News — Libby's lawyers put on a breathtaking display explaining the reasons why they need to get every kitchen sink used at Time Magazine, NBC News, and the NYT (thanks to Tom Maguire for getting the files). The short version of their argument is that Matt Cooper is biased …
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Washington Post:
Voters Oust Backers of Immigrants In Herndon — Three Incumbents Lose Who Supported Center — Herndon voters yesterday unseated the mayor and two Town Council members who supported a bitterly debated day-labor center for immigrant workers in a contest that emerged as a mini-referendum …
Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
U.S. and Europe Draft U.N. Resolution on Iran — PARIS, May 2 — The United States, Britain and France have drafted a binding Security Council resolution requiring Iran to stop key nuclear activities, but Russia and China are already resisting, officials involved in the negotiations said today.
David Frum / Cato Unbound:
REPUBLICANS AND THE FLIGHT OF OPPORTUNITY — A Roman poet composed this riddle 1700 years ago: … The "goddess" was Opportunity—and conservatives and Republicans today can appreciate the poignancy of the poet's description of her departure. — In the 1990s, the newly elected Republican …
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Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
Taliban Threat Is Said to Grow in Afghan South — TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan, April 27 — Building on a winter campaign of suicide bombings and assassinations and the knowledge that American troops are leaving, the Taliban appear to be moving their insurgency into a new phase …
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Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
After Protests, Backlash Grows — Opponents of Illegal Immigration Are Increasingly Vocal — While a series of marches focused much of the nation's attention on the plight of illegal immigrants, scores of other Americans quietly seethed. Now, with the same full-throated cry expressed …
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Raleigh News & Observer:
Nifong to remain Durham's DA — FROM STAFF REPORTS — DURHAM - District Attorney Mike Nifong kept his job as the county's top prosecutor in a heated election that featured Nifong's handling of the Duke lacrosse rape investigation as its central issue. — Nifong received 45.17 percent of the vote, enough to avoid a runoff.