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Jimmy Carter / Washington Post:
Stop the Band-Aid Treatment — We Need Policies for a Real, Lasting Middle East Peace — The Middle East is a tinderbox, with some key players on all sides waiting for every opportunity to destroy their enemies with bullets, bombs and missiles. One of the special vulnerabilities of Israel …
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Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
Israel Is Losing This War — Its leaders need to act fast. — Israel is losing this war. — This is not to say that itwill lose the war, or that the war was unwinnable to start with. But if it keeps going as it is, Israel is headed for the greatest military humiliation in its history.
Haaretz:
Livni: Qana attack led to turning point in support for Israel — The deaths of dozens of civilians in an Israel Air Force attack on the southern Lebanese village of Qana marked a significant diplomatic turning point against Israel, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Tuesday.
Edward Morrissey / Examiner:
This is the soft nihilism of low expectations — WASHINGTON - Israeli aircraft bombed a Hezbollah launching site in Qana this weekend as part of its prosecution of the war along its northern border. — Unfortunately, the strike killed dozens of civilians in the residential area hit …
Jerusalem Post:
No half measures — On Sunday morning, after an Israeli strike killed some 60 people at Kafr Kana, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the cabinet, "I have no intention of requesting a change in the direction of the fighting, or in reducing the action of the security forces."
Miami Herald:
A prelude: Miami streets burst with spontaneous joy — Miamians, eager to celebrate a change of any sort in Cuba's leadership, reacted to news of Cuba's power transfer with spontaneous partying, honking, yelling and joy. — ocorral@MiamiHerald.com — For two generations …
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Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Break out the cigars - Castro's dying — It's a tragic day for the earnest Left. One of their darlings may be about to nationalize the farm. — Castro's health: — Castro's coughing up blood. He's handed over the reins to his kid brother Raul. — The original "Speak Truth to Powah" …
Anita Snow / Associated Press:
Castro's Condition Unknown After Surgery
Castro's Condition Unknown After Surgery
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Michelle Malkin:
DANCING IN THE STREETS — ***1000am 8/1 update: Boston Herald's …
DANCING IN THE STREETS — ***1000am 8/1 update: Boston Herald's …
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Ailing Castro Transfers Powers
Ailing Castro Transfers Powers
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Lamont Appears On `Colbert Report' — Lamont risks an appearance on Comedy Central's `Colbert Report.' Defying the odds, he departs with dignity intact - more or less - and high marks from the staff of one of TV's toughest shows. — NEW YORK — Ned Lamont got a single piece of advice Monday …
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Will the Center Hold? — A moderate senator and a far-left congresswoman face tough Democratic primary challenges. — Two primaries next week will tell a lot about the strength of the hard-left wing of the Democratic party. In Connecticut, moderate Sen. Joe Lieberman faces …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
A Primary Lesson for Lieberman — Consider the uncanny similarity between Sen. Joe Lieberman's campaign for reelection in Connecticut last weekend and a certain political weekend in New York 26 years ago. — In Connecticut, four Senate Democrats pleaded with the party's rank and file …
Greg Sargent / electioncentral.tpmcafe.com:
CT-SEN: EXCLUSIVE: Sharpton Blasts Lieberman For Racial Flyer …
CT-SEN: EXCLUSIVE: Sharpton Blasts Lieberman For Racial Flyer …
Elizabeth Hamilton / Hartford Courant:
Running Silent — Lieberman and campaign volunteers …
Running Silent — Lieberman and campaign volunteers …
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Associated Press:
Mel Gibson's Statement — Statement From Mel Gibson Asking for Help From Jewish Community — Aug 1, 2006 (AP)— Mel Gibson's statement, released to the news media early Tuesday, five days after his drunken driving arrest in Malibu: — There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance …
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Allison Hope Weiner / New York Times:
Mel Gibson: The Speed of Scandal
Mel Gibson: The Speed of Scandal
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Ralph Blumenthal / New York Times:
Evolution's Backers in Kansas Start Counterattack — God and Charles Darwin are not on the primary ballot in Kansas on Tuesday, but once again a contentious schools election has religion and science at odds in a state that has restaged a three-quarter-century battle over the teaching of evolution.
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Washington Post:
As Bush Outlines Cease-Fire Terms, U.N. Talks Stall — President Bush vowed Monday to work for a cease-fire to stop the bloodshed in the Middle East as long as several broad conditions are met, but deliberations at the United Nations quickly became tangled in a dispute between the United States and France over the right approach.
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Peter Jackson / Associated Press:
GOP aids Green candidate Carl Romanelli — HARRISBURG, Pa. - Thanks to the generosity of GOP donors, a Green Party candidate is expected to make it onto the ballot in Pennsylvania's Senate race and siphon votes from Democratic front-runner Bob Casey in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Rick Santorum (news, bio, voting record).
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David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
Tax Cheats Called Out of Control — So many superrich Americans evade taxes using offshore accounts that law enforcement cannot control the growing misconduct, according to a Senate report that provides the most detailed look ever at high-level tax schemes.
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Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
Get Your Rightroots Recommendations Right Here — Y'all may not know this, but I'm a blogger— a bona fide member of the New Media. — We bloggers, since we never step far away from our laptops, are always chatting over IM and tossing around hare-brained schemes.
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Rightroots: The Republican Answer To The Lefty Blogosphere's …
Rightroots: The Republican Answer To The Lefty Blogosphere's …
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Associated Press:
U.K., California to strike global warming deal — WASHINGTON (AP) — British Prime Minister Tony Blair and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced an agreement Monday to bypass the Bush administration and work together to explore ways of fighting global warming.
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John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:
White House Pressroom Gets a Makeover — Video Wall, Other Technology Could — Inject Drama and Directly Appeal — To Public in Briefings — WASHINGTON — For a decade, the daily White House news briefing has been televised. Now it is becoming television.
Judd / Think Progress:
Powerline Uses Chopped Audio Clip to Smear Rep. John Dingell As Hezbollah Apologist — Yesterday, the popular right-wing blog Powerline smeared Rep. John Dingell (R-MI) as an apologist for Hezbollah using an edited clip from local Detroit television. The post, entitled "Dingell …
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Boston Globe:
Dignity faces a steamroller — Small-claims proceedings ignore rights, tilt to collectors … The line for the metal detector crept slowly at Brockton District Court on the morning of April 12, 2005. Peter Damon waited anxiously. He didn't want to be late.
Maura / My Left Nutmeg RSS Feed:
Wake Up, Wake Up WalMart! Joe Accepts Wal-Mart PAC $$$$$ — Wake Up Wal Mart brings its Change Wal-Mart, Change America Tour to Bridgeport tomorrow. — Bridgeport City Hall Annex Steps — 99 Broad Street — 12:00 Noon — The tour highlights how Wal-Mart and its policies hurt America …
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Jewish Federation Shooter Recently Baptized — The (take your pick) mentally ill individual/evil Muslim terrorist who shot six at the Seattle Jewish Federation, killing one, recently converted to Christianity, according to a Seattle Post-Intelligencer report.