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10:40 AM ET, September 27, 2006

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Study Doesn't Share Bush's Optimism on Terror Fight  —  Three years ago, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld wrote a memo to his colleagues in the Pentagon posing a critical question in the "long war'' against terrorism: Is Washington's strategy successfully killing or capturing terrorists faster than new enemies are being created?
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Big Question Democrats Are Ducking  —  No matter how you slice it, the National Intelligence Estimate warning that the Iraq war has spawned more terrorism is big trouble for President Bush and his party in this election year.  It goes to the heart of Bush's argument for invading Iraq, which was that it would make America safer.
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Bush Makes Public Parts of Report on Terrorism
Michelle Malkin:
OperaRage: Idomeneo and Islam  —  The first thing to remember when reading about the cancellation of Mozart's Idomeneo in Germany and the opera house Deutsche Oper's kowtowing to Islamic bullies is that jihadists hate Western art and music.  —  They hate love songs.  —  They hate Muslim female pop stars.
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New York Times:
Opera Canceled Over a Depiction of Muhammad  —  A leading German opera house has canceled performances of a Mozart opera because of security fears stirred by a scene that depicts the severed head of the Prophet Muhammad, prompting a storm of protest here about what many see as the surrender of artistic freedom.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Opera Cancelled In Germany For Being Offensive To Muslims  —  How far have political correctness and political fears gone?  This far: … Perhaps you didn't know that Mozart is considered offensive and should be banned.  —  But the uproar has been over the more modern staging …
Discussion: The Mahablog
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Fat Lady Sings For Berlin Opera That Depicts Mohammed
Richard Miniter / Opinion Journal:
What Clinton Didn't Do . . .  . . . .and when he didn't do it.  —  Bill Clinton's outburst on Fox News was something of a public service, launching a debate about the antiterror policies of his administration.  This is important because every George W. Bush policy that arouses the ire of Democrats …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Angry white man meets 'the smirk'
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Big Brass Blog
Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:   Bush Blamed More Than Clinton for Failure to Capture Bin Laden
CNN:
Musharraf: Iraq war makes world more dangerous  —  (CNN) — The war in Iraq has not made the world safer from terror, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has told CNN, saying he stands by statements on the subject he makes in his new book, "In the Line of Fire."
Discussion: The RBC and Democrats.com
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Paul Alexander / Associated Press:
Pakistan Explains Stance on Israel
David B. Caruso / Associated Press:
NYC Mulls Ban on Trans Fats in Eateries  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Three years after the city banned smoking in restaurants, health officials are talking about prohibiting something they say is almost as bad: artificial trans fatty acids.  —  The city health department unveiled a proposal Tuesday …
Joshua Rozenberg / Telegraph:
Britain must pay traitor Blake for breaching his human rights  —  George Blake, who spied for the Soviet Union, won a human rights claim against the British Government yesterday, 40 years after he escaped from prison in London and fled to Moscow.  —  Britain was ordered by judges in Strasbourg …
Discussion: Tim Worstall
Randolph E. Schmid / Associated Press:
White House said to bar hurricane report  —  WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported Tuesday.  —  The possibility that warming conditions …
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Bill Would Reimburse States for Printing Alternate Ballots  —  Three Senate Democrats proposed emergency legislation on Tuesday to reimburse states for printing paper ballots in case of problems with electronic voting machines on Nov. 7.  —  The proposal is a response to grass-roots pressures …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Rush to Error  —  AFTER BARELY three weeks of debate …
Tom Shoop / govexec.com:
OMB enlists bloggers' aid in pushing management agenda
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Judge to weigh evidence in CIA leak case
Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
Most Iraqis Favor Immediate U.S. Pullout, Polls Show
Tom Bevan / TIME:
How Partisan Is Too Partisan?  —  That's the question we tried …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
brusselsjournal.com:
Third Night of Ramadan Rioting in Capital of Europe
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
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Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
States, Counties Begin to Enforce Immigration Law
Editor and Publisher:
P.R. Group That Paid Off Iraqi Papers Gets New $6.2 Million Media Contract
Discussion: News Hounds
John Ward Anderson / Washington Post:
Romania, Bulgaria Favored to Join E.U.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
The 'Moderate Republican' Scam
Discussion: MyDD
James Lileks / Austin American-Statesman:
Now history is off limits lest we offend Islamicists
Discussion: Tim Blair
Anne Saunders / Associated Press:
Top Aide to N.H. Congressman Resigns
Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
A Week's Revelations  —  This past week has told us …
Bashir Goth / Washington Post:
Community Censorship Plagues the House of Islam
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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