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2:50 PM ET, August 23, 2006

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Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Asking for it: why terrorism vs. Fox TV is not news  —  It's been over a week since Fox TV newsmen Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig were abducted in Gaza.  Until today's terrorist video by the Holy Jihad Brigade, showing them both alive and demanding the release of Muslim prisoners in America …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Hyscience
Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
BREAKING: Previously Unknown 'Holy Jihad Brigades' Claims Centanni …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ and IMAO
BBC:
Video shows seized Gaza reporters
Saad Eddin Ibrahim / Washington Post:
The 'New Middle East' Bush Is Resisting  —  President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may be quite right about a new Middle East being born.  In fact, their policies in support of the actions of their closest regional ally, Israel, have helped midwife the newborn.
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Lieberman Warns of Danger of the U.S. Pulling Out of Iraq  —  Suggesting that he sees parallels between the war in Iraq and the early struggle against fascism, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman said on Tuesday that the United States would create a dangerous world if it left Iraq too soon.
Discussion: LamontBlog and A Tiny Revolution
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Iran Sanctions Could Fracture Coalition  —  It was always going to be tough for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to hold together her fragile coalition of world powers trying to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions.  The Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon has made that job harder.
Guardian:
US interventions have boosted Iran, says report
Discussion: Polimom Says
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Conflict of Interest Is Raised in N.S.A. Ruling  —  The federal judge who ruled last week that President Bush's eavesdropping program was unconstitutional is a trustee and an officer of a group that has given at least $125,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union in Michigan, a watchdog group said Tuesday.
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Ann Althouse / New York Times:
A Law Unto Herself  —  TO end her opinion in American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency — the case that enjoins President Bush's warrantless surveillance program — Judge Anna Diggs Taylor quoted Earl Warren (referring to him as "Justice Warren," not "Chief Justice Warren," …
Richard A. Posner / Wall Street Journal:
The Constitution vs. Counterterrorism
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senator Jokes About House Painter  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Conrad Burns, whose re-election campaign is pressing for tighter immigration controls, referred to his house painter as "a nice little Guatemalan man" and suggested that worker as well employees of a roofing company he hired might be in the country illegally.
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Comments Haunt Another Senator
Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
Marines Who Served Will Be Ordered Back  —  The involuntary return to active duty will affect up to 2,500 reservists at a time.  The Pentagon is scrambling to meet the demands of war.  —  WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps said Tuesday that it would begin calling Marines back to active-duty service …
Discussion: The Left Coaster
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Marine Reservists Facing Combat Duty
Zalmay Khalilzad / Opinion Journal:
The Battle of Baghdad  —  Rampant insecurity—and a detailed plan to combat it.  —  BAGHDAD—Although there has been much good news to report about security progress in Iraq this summer—the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the handover of security responsibility for Muthanna province …
Matt Volz / Associated Press:
Gov. Murkowski Concedes Defeat in Alaska  —  Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski concedes race for second term in Alaska  —  (AP) Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski, stung by accusations of arrogance and stubbornness, lost his bid for a second term Tuesday after polling last in a three-way GOP primary.
Discussion: Democrats.com and Drug WarRant
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Anchorage Daily News:
Knowles, Palin in November
ACLU:
ACLU of Washington Defends Free Speech Rights of Lt. Ehren Watada  —  Brief Filed for Soldier Facing Court Martial for Opposition to Iraq War  —  TACOMA, WA — In a military justice case that has drawn wide attention, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington is backing the free speech rights …
Michael Noer / Forbes:
Don't Marry Career Women  —  Guys: A word of advice.  Marry pretty women or ugly ones.  Short ones or tall ones.  Blondes or brunettes.  Just, whatever you do, don't marry a woman with a career.  —  Why?  Because if many social scientists are to be believed, you run a higher risk of having a rocky marriage.
Norman Podhoretz / Opinion Journal:
Is the Bush Doctrine Dead?  —  The president's critics are wrong.  That includes the neocons.  —  In recent months, we have been bombarded with reports of the death of the Bush Doctrine.  Of course, there have been many such reports since the doctrine was first promulgated at the start …
Senator Bill Frist:
Fixing the Federal Spending Problem  —  On the road tonight, after a full day with great candidates and committed patriots in Alabama.  While scrolling down Instapundit a little while ago, I found a blog post from Andrew Stuttaford at The Corner, discussing the Federal Funding Accountability …
WWB / Blog P.I.:
L'Affaire GoldFrisch III: We All Knew This Was Coming  —  This post was co-written with Tim Dreier of The One-Handed Economist; both of us are graduates of the University of Oregon in Eugene, where Deb Frisch now lives.  As a matter of full disclosure, we've had a few scrapes with Frisch of our own …
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
British gen. calls Iraq mini 'civil war'  —  WASHINGTON - The British deputy to the top U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday the country's sectarian conflict is not a full-blown civil war but could be described as a "civil war in miniature."  —  "In my judgment, we are not in a situation of civil war …
Senator Joseph Lieberman / Rasmussen Reports:
Connecticut Senate: Lieberman, Lamont Still in a Toss-Up  —  Lieberman (I) 45% Lamont (D) 43%  —  America's two-party system generally marginalizes Independent and third-party candidacies, but every once in a while a contest shows the system is not set in concrete: Ross Perot running for President …
Inside Higher Ed:
What Your Freshmen Don't Know  —  Beloit College has released its latest "Mindset List," to help academics understand what freshmen know — and what they don't have a clue about.  This list has been prepared each August since 1998 and past lists are available online.  —  Here is this year's list, for the Class of 2010:
Brenda Strohmaier / Spiegel Online:
The Protestant Crusade Conspiracy  —  Who planted the bombs on German trains?  Depends who you ask.  Many Muslims in Germany think it's a government conspiracy.  Just like with Sept. 11.  And London....  This just in: The Lebanese men suspected of having deposited bombs on German trains …
 
 
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