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6:10 PM ET, March 12, 2007

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Matthew Yglesias:
Neoliberalism and Its Discontents  —  While agreeing with much of what Ezra Klein and Ben Adler have to say about the declining fortunes of neoliberal punditry, I think they're both far too harsh in their assessment.  —  The neoliberal school of thought has and had significant failings.
Discussion: TIME: Swampland, TAPPED and Eschaton
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
NEOLIBERALISM, R.I.P.:  —  So is neo-liberalism really dead, as David Brooks suggested in his column on Sunday?  Insofar as he's referring to the very specific sensibility that grew out of the Washington Monthly and, later, the pages of this magazine, I think he's right.
Ezra Klein / TAPPED:   NEOLIBERALISM.  I want to amplify a point Badler made on David …
Secular Coalition for America:
Congressman Holds No God-Belief  —  Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) is first Congress member in history to acknowledge his nontheism  —  Contact: Lori Lipman Brown, (202) 299-1091  —  There is only one member of Congress who is on record as not holding a god-belief.
Examiner:
Tapscott's Copy Desk  —  ‹‹ More From this Blog … When I heard last week from Hill sources that the White House congressional liason staff was pressuring OMB Director Rob Portman to not release all of the earmarks requested by Members of Congress to executive agencies under …
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Bill Allison / Sunlight Foundation blogs:   OMB: No Caving on Earmarks Database
Omaha World-Herald:
Hagel won't announce political plans until later this year  —  After months of buildup, Sen. Chuck Hagel stopped short of a presidential campaign Monday, saying he wants to keep his options open until later this year.  —  Instead, the Nebraska Republican will begin actively raising money …
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MSNBC:
Halliburton to open headquarters in Dubai  —  CEO will be based in new facility; move immediately sparks criticism  —  MANAMA/HOUSTON - U.S. oil services firm Halliburton Co. is moving its headquarters and chief executive to Dubai in a move that immediately sparked criticism from some U.S. politicians.
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Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Berger & Libby: A Tale of Two Crimes  —  "History will be kind to me," Winston Churchill once said, "for I intend to write it."  —  Indeed, he did.  His multiple-volume histories of the two world wars are still widely read, though discounted by professional historians as incomplete and in some ways misleading.
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TigerHawk:
The Berger/Libby disparity
Discussion: Dr. Melissa Clouthier
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Padding Her Civil Rights Résumé  —  While Hillary Rodham Clinton came out second best to Barack Obama in their oratorical duel at Selma, Ala., a week ago, the real problem with her speech concerned her claimed attachment to Martin Luther King Jr. as a high school student in 1963.
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Cheney: Congress undermining U.S. troops  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney challenged lawmakers Monday to prove their support for U.S. troops and the war on terrorism by approving the Bush administration's requests for financing military action in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and The Daily Dish
Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
Disagree About Iraq?  You're Not Just Wrong — You're Evil.  —  The conviction of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby last week gave Americans a chance to pick at the scab of what has become a favored obsession — the debate over the motives of the Bush administration in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
Inside Higher Ed:
Would U.S. News Make Up Fake Data?  —  It's not unusual for college presidents to complain about U.S. News rankings (at least out of the earshot of U.S. News editors).  But on Sunday, the president of Sarah Lawrence College publicly charged that the magazine is preparing to publish made up, false data about her institution.
Patrick Condon / Associated Press:
Frostbite, equipment damage end latest Bancroft-Arnesen trek  —  MINNEAPOLIS - A North Pole expedition meant to bring attention to global warming was called off after one of the explorers got frostbite.  —  The explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on Saturday called off what was intended …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Maia Szalavitz / The Huffington Post:
Cruel and Disgusting: Pain Patient Appeal Denied  —  Florida's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Richard Paey, a wheelchair-using father of three who is currently serving a 25-year mandatory prison sentence for taking his own pain medication.  In doing so, the court let stand a decision …
Discussion: Reason Magazine and The Agitator
Scott Carlson / Chronicle of Higher Education:
In Jack Anderson's Papers, a Hidden History of Washington  —  A professor explores the archives of a newspaper columnist entwined with power  —  After gently digging through a few boxes, and finding only letters and old memoranda, Kevin Anderson settles on Box No. 83 and opens the lid.
Discussion: FishBowlDC
Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
To Americans, the Risks of Global Warming Are Not Imminent  —  A majority worries about climate changes, but thinks problems are a decade or more away  —  PRINCETON, NJ — One has to wonder why Americans don't demand more political action on global warming when surveys routinely find …
S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
CAIR OK'd to meet in Capitol  —  A House Democrat has arranged for a conference room in the Capitol building to be used tomorrow by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy group criticized for its persistent refusal to disavow terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
Michael Cieply / New York Times:
On Screens Soon, Abused Earth Gets Its Revenge  —  Tired of abuse by mankind, the earth is angry.  Worse, the planet is out to even the score.  —  Audiences can expect a story along those lines when M. Night Shyamalan's film "The Happening" reaches screens in the next year.
 
 
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SPLCenter.org:
New Center Report: Foreign Guestworkers Routinely Exploited by U.S. Employers
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
One Bullet Away From What?  —  INSIDE Washington …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Visits Guatemala in 'Social Justice' Tour of Latin America
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Nigel Green / Daily Mail:
Now the jobless get manicures, massages and facials...all thanks to the taxpayer
Discussion: QandO and Garfield Ridge
Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:
The Bookseller's Story, Ending Much Too Soon
CNN:
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Discussion: New York Times and CBS News
Robert A. Levy / Washington Post:
A Victory for Self-Defense  —  In the D.C. Gun Law Case …
Discussion: Norwegianity
Tyler Cowen / Cato Unbound:
The Paradox of Libertarianism  —  Yes: Bigger government.
 Earlier Items: 
Opinion Journal:
Kerry's Swift Retribution
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Businesses Prepare to Mount a Concerted Attack on Regulation
Discussion: Sirotablog
New York Times:
For War's Gravely Injured, Challenge to Find Care
New York Times:
New Defense Chief Eases Relations Rumsfeld Bruised
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
March Madness  —  Public-sector lobbyists lavish gifts on congressmen and their staffers.
Discussion: QandO, EconLog and Cato-at-liberty
Los Angeles Times:
Fallback strategy for Iraq: Train locals, draw down forces
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Early Primary Rush Upends '08 Campaign Plans