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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
As Democracy Push Falters, Bush Feels Like a 'Dissident' — By the time he arrived in Prague in June for a democracy conference, President Bush was frustrated. He had committed his presidency to working toward the goal of "ending tyranny in our world," yet the march of freedom seemed stalled.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Karl Rove, Insider With an Outsize Reputation — From the moment he leaked word of his departure to the Wall Street Journal editorial page, Karl Rove has been lionized and vilified by the media hordes. — He is either a political giant, shrewdly plotting a series of victories during the Bush presidency …
Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker:
ROVIAN WAYS … Most politicians find the cult of the political consultant annoying, but George W. Bush always seemed to find it very annoying. When he began running for President, he insisted, as candidates rarely do, that all his top advisers work only for him.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Perfect Conspiracy-Theorist Foil — For the last seven years, Karl Rove has served as the focus for some of the worst vitriol thrown in the political and media arenas. When he decided to retire last week, his resignation captured the top spot in newspapers and news programming for days.
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Clinton backers see Warner — not Obama — as best V.P. choice — Anticipating that Sen. Hillary Clinton will clinch the Democratic presidential nomination, some supporters are beginning to argue against her choosing her principal rival — Sen. Barack Obama — for vice president.
Associated Press:
Immigration Activist Arrested Outside L.A. Church — Elvira Arellano Taken Into Custody Sunday Afternoon — CBS News Interactive: Immigration and Naturalization — (AP) LOS ANGELES An illegal immigrant who stayed in a Chicago church for a year to avoid separation from her 8-year-old son …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Chances for Everybody, in Time, in Latest Debate — In this presidential election season, there have been debates piled upon debates, a string of opportunities for candidates to be sized up alongside one another. Seldom has an audience been as important, though, as when the Democrats strode onto stage here on Sunday.
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Jules Crittenden:
Manly Man/Stay-At-Home Dad — ... doth protest a little much about his manliness. Should have stopped at the "low mordant chuckle." — Hey, Niewert, you want to be a real man ... try having more kids. One's like a hobby. That's like boutique parenthood. I'm kicking myself because we stopped at three.
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Dan Collins / protein wisdom:
Taciturn — There is something self-deconstructing about this post by David Neiwert.
Taciturn — There is something self-deconstructing about this post by David Neiwert.
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Jaya Narain / Daily Mail:
Seven-year-old Muslim boy stopped in US on suspicion of being a terrorist — For seven-year-old Javaid Iqbal, the holiday to Florida was a dream trip to reward him for doing well at school. — But he was left in tears after he was stopped repeatedly at airports on suspicion of being a terrorist.
Joseph Lieberman / Opinion Journal:
Al Qaeda's Travel Agent — Damascus International Airport is a hub for terrorists. — The United States is at last making significant progress against al Qaeda in Iraq—but the road to victory now requires cutting off al Qaeda's road to Iraq through Damascus.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
A Rush To Frame Views on Congress — Ads Start Before Presidential Race Consumes Voters — Democrats and Republicans are mounting a fierce battle to shape voter impressions of Congress during August's political lull, convinced that they must define the story line of the 2008 congressional election …
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Shawn Walker / The Independent:
Vladimir Putin rewrites Russia's history books to promote patriotism — Critics are accusing President Vladimir Putin's government of a Soviet-style rewriting of Russian history with a series of new "patriotic" textbooks to be unveiled in the new school year.
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Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Sunday Sampler Platter: Rove Farewell Tour — (Photos: Courtesy of Fox News Sunday, Meet the Press, Face the Nation) — Karl Rove undertook a three-stop farewell tour of the talk shows on Sunday - not his own decision, he said he was just doing "what I was instructed to do."
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Keeping a Lonely Vigil at Camp Casey — CRAWFORD, Tex. It was just two years ago that Cindy Sheehan pierced the national consciousness with her roadside vigil near President Bush's Texas ranch in protest of the Iraq war. — Several thousand demonstrators came to Crawford to join Sheehan in 2005 …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
ANNALS OF REPORTING — For a variety of reasons I try to stay out of the debates over blogs as such, what they're good or bad at and the rest. But this morning I was alerted to an opinion column in the Los Angeles Times by Michael Skube, a journalism professor at Elon University.
Stuart Barnes / Times of London:
Scientists hail 'frozen smoke' as material that will change world — A MIRACLE material for the 21st century could protect your home against bomb blasts, mop up oil spillages and even help man to fly to Mars. — Aerogel, one of the world's lightest solids, can withstand a direct blast …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
An Interview With Robert Novak — On Friday of last week, I did a telephone interview with Robert Novak about his book, The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington. What follows is the transcript of our interview (Note: This interview has been edited slightly to correct grammar and for brevity's sake.)
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