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Times of India:
Christian activists disrupt Hindu prayer in US Senate — WASHINGTON: Christian activists briefly disrupted a Hindu invocation in the US Senate on Thursday, marring a historic first for the chamber and showing that fundamentalism is present and shouting in the US too.
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Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Christian Right Activists Disrupt Hindu Chaplain In The Senate — Today was a historic first for religion in America's civic life: For the very first time, a Hindu delivered the morning invocation in the Senate chamber — only to find the ceremony disrupted by three Christian right activists.
New York Times:
Defending an Iraq Strategy in a Race Against Time — Once again, President Bush tried today to buy more time for his strategy in Iraq, refusing to say when conditions there might allow him to begin the troop drawdown that he insists is his ultimate goal. — For now, at least …
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David Espo / Associated Press:
House OKs plan to withdraw US troops — WASHINGTON - The Iraqi government is achieving only spotty military and political progress, the Bush administration conceded Thursday in an assessment that war critics quickly seized on as confirmation of their dire warnings.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
'This Bill Is About Politics' — The House just passed a resolution that demands a withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. The final vote had more Democrats crossing over to oppose it (10) than Republicans crossing the aisle to support it (4), and it faces a certain veto if it even gets through the Senate:
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Hold Your Fire and Brimstone — Perhaps because no one else will do it, I want to offer a qualified defense of Sen. David Vitter, the socially conservative Louisiana Republican who faces a bit of a problem. — Vitter admitted Monday night to a "very serious sin in my past" …
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Arrested pol is McCain campaign Florida co-chairman — You can DIGG this story, by clicking on this link: Arrested pol is McCain campaign Florida co-chairman. — A member of the Florida House of Representatives arrested yesterday on charges of soliciting a male undercover police officer …
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Melanie McDonaghon / Times of London:
The cry should go up in Europe: more babies, please — Of all the bogeys you might have thought well and truly nailed in the past decade or so, the population control movement seemed most obviously to have a stake through its heart. At a time when we - I mean, anyone over 35 …
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Schneier on Security:
Correspondent Inference Theory — Two people are sitting in a room together: an experimenter and a subject. The experimenter gets up and closes the door, and the room becomes quieter. The subject is likely to believe that the experimenter's purpose in closing the door was to make the room quieter.
Victor Davis Hanson / City Journal:
The New York Times Surrenders A monument to defeatism on the editorial page — On July 8, the New York Times ran an historic editorial entitled "The Road Home," demanding an immediate American withdrawal from Iraq. It is rare that an editorial gets almost everything wrong, but "The Road Home" pulls it off.
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Sara Schaefer Muñoz / Wall Street Journal:
An Inconvenient Turbine: Conservation vs. Preservation — Homeowners Who Go Green — Face Neighbors' Objections; — How Gore Got His Solar Panels — In neighborhoods across the country, there's a battle brewing: the environmentalists vs. the aesthetes.
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Jacqueline Palank / New York Times:
Democrats Will Try to Counter Ruling on Discrimination Suits — A Supreme Court decision restricting workers' ability to sue for wage discrimination has prompted Democrats to introduce legislation to counteract the ruling. — In May, the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 against a supervisor …
David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
Tax Loopholes Sweeten a Deal for Blackstone — The Blackstone Group, the big buyout firm, has devised a way for its partners to effectively avoid paying taxes on $3.7 billion, the bulk of what it raised last month from selling shares to the public. — Although they will initially pay $553 million …
Michael Luo / New York Times:
Democrats Lead in Raising Money Online — The Democrats have established a commanding and growing dominance over Republicans in securing contributions online, reshaping the fund-raising landscape heading into the 2008 elections. — Online donations are emerging as a cornerstone …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
The Implosion Of Senator John McCain — No, the picture above isn't evidence of the latest GOP scandal. — One day, this campaign 2004 photo will be considered the photo that helped sink a candidacy. Not since singer Sammy Davis, Jr. hugged a seemingly embarrassed President Richard Nixon …
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
THE REPUBLICAN RIDDLE — How Should the GOP Go in '08—and in '07 on Iraq? — Director, U.Va. Center for Politics — Over the decades the Republican Party has secured a reputation as the orderly bunch in our (mainly) two-party system. Its members like to have a designated successor …
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