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Lev Grossman / Time:
Person of the Year: You — Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome to your world. — The "Great Man" theory of history is usually attributed to the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle, who wrote that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men."
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Larry McShane / Associated Press:
Time Magazine's Person of the Year: You — NEW YORK (AP) - Congratulations! You are the Time magazine "Person of the Year." — The annual honor for 2006 went to each and every one of us, as Time cited the shift from institutions to individuals - citizens of the new digital democracy, as the magazine put it.
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post: Sunday Roundup — So it turns out that your ego was right all along …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Stubborn or Stalwart, Bush Is Loath to Budge — In the late 19th century, the queen of England sent the president of the United States a desk made from the timbers of a decommissioned ship, the HMS Resolute. Almost every occupant of the White House since then has made the Resolute his desk.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
'We're Going to Win' — The president finally has a plan for victory. — It turns out you only have to attend a White House Christmas party to find out where President Bush is headed on Iraq. One guest who shook hands with Bush in the receiving line told him, "Don't let the bastards get you down."
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One Hand Clapping, The Heretik, Power Line, Riehl World View, The Impolitic, Daily Pundit, Wake up America, Don Surber and Viking Pundit
Mark Franchetti / Times of London:
Russia defies West and goes ahead with nuclear fuel sale to Iran — RUSSIA is to begin supplying Iran with nuclear fuel early next year despite mounting concern in the West that this could accelerate Tehran's plans to build a nuclear bomb. — Sergei Shmatko, head of Atomstroyexport …
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Episcopalians Are Reaching Point of Revolt — For about 30 years, the Episcopal Church has been one big unhappy family. Under one roof there were female bishops and male bishops who would not ordain women. There were parishes that celebrated gay weddings and parishes that denounced them …
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Outside The Beltway
Bill Dwyre / Los Angeles Times:
Get a Grip, Guys — Even after Stern finally caved on the new NBA basketball, when Nader chimed in on safety issues, the tone of their comments quickly went from playful to playground — It was a match made in heaven. They are now the Sunshine Boys of sport.
Works and Days:
Things are coming to a head — Surging Troops? — If we add another 30,000 or so troops to Iraq, in a final effort to win the war, then we must change (widen) the rules of engagement. Only that way can America ensure that it simply does not create more targets for the insurgents …
Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
New manual at odds with key Iraq tactics — The counterinsurgency doctrine warns about practices still in use, such as big bases that may signal occupation. — WASHINGTON — The U.S. military's new counterinsurgency doctrine takes issue with some key strategies that American commanders …
Washington Post:
A Mideast Counteroffensive — IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presided over a convention of Holocaust deniers in Tehran this week, rousing them with yet another speech predicting the extinction of Israel. In Lebanon, the pro-Western government of Fouad Siniora hung by a thread …
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Telegraph:
Jews far more likely to be victims of faith hatred than Muslims — Jewish people are four times more likely to be attacked because of their religion than Muslims, according to figures compiled by the police. — One in 400 Jews compared to one in 1,700 Muslims are likely to be victims of "faith hate" attacks every year.
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Hot Air
Michael Moss / New York Times:
Legal System in Iraq Staggers Beneath the Weight of War — In 2004, American troops detained Laith al-Ani, shown in a family photo. He sent his family a letter, above, from his detention camp, but they say they do not know why he is still held. More Photos >
Telegraph:
Ministers compared to Nazis over Islam stigma — A senior Muslim invoked Hitler's 1930s Nazi regime while attacking the Government over its treatment of British Muslims. — Muhammed Abdul Bari accused ministers of stigmatising Britain's Islamic community and fuelling xenophobia.
Washington Post:
Funding Threatened By Hill's Inaction — Government Operations, Projects in Peril — The Republican-controlled Congress's decision to adjourn a week ago before completing many of the spending bills that finance the federal government will reverberate in ways large and small …
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