Giuliani Also Gets Liberal Discount From Times  —  Marketers, Take Note: 61% Price Chop for Ad in Grey Lady if You Buy Standby  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Rudy Giuliani got a lot of attention yesterday when he attacked The New York Times for giving MoveOn.org what he called sweetheart pricing on the group's …

Greenspan Book Criticizes Bush And Republicans  —  'They Deserved to Lose';  —  Former Fed Chief Defends  —  Pre-Bubble Rate Cuts  —  In a withering critique of his fellow Republicans, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says in his memoir that the party to which he has belonged …

President Bush Meets with N.Z., Milbloggers  —  You might wonder whether the President of the United States pays any attention to blogs supporting the war effort.  Is he aware of the contribution that milblogs and new media more generally are making to the effort to educate the American public …

'A Terrible Loss ... for All of Iraq'  —  WASHINGTON — The pro-American Sunni sheiks who drove Al Qaeda from its Iraqi base in Anbar province are scrambling to settle who will succeed Sheik Abdul Sattar al-Rishawi after he was murdered yesterday by a bomb placed beneath his car.

CIA Bans Water-Boarding in Terror Interrogations  —  The controversial interrogation technique known as water-boarding, in which a suspect has water poured over his mouth and nose to stimulate a drowning reflex, has been banned by CIA director Gen. Michael Hayden, current and former CIA officials tell ABCNews.com.

Condi's "Closest Female Friend"  —  Yesterday on the show I had an interesting conversation with Washington Post diplomatic correspondent Glenn Kessler, whose new book is The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy.  —  There have long been questions …

Democrats Push a Tactic to Shift Iraq Plan  —  Now that President Bush and Gen. David H. Petraeus have charted their course for the Iraq war, Democrats in the Senate say one of their proposals aimed at shifting the president's strategy is finally close to winning enough Republican support for a real chance at being approved.

Conviction in Jena case overturned  —  Judges rule teen should not have been tried as adult in racially tinged case  —  JENA, La. - A state appeals court Friday tossed out the aggravated battery conviction that could have sent a black teenager to prison for 15 years in last year's beating …

Fred's Strategy Revealed  —  As Christy pointed out (additional hat tip to Michael Whitney), Ol' Fred seems a bit mnemonically challenged, to say the least.  —  On the Terry Schiavo circus, he said: … On the differences between his Social Security plan and Dubya's (which he supported):

The politics of war  —  Who among American politicians is serious and unserious about the global war on terrorism?  How about among commentators?  How much is the war on terrorism really a stick used to hit one's own domestic opponents? … Bush: A modern-day Harry Truman  —  By Hugh Hewitt

"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  Manufacturing consent, stifling dissent  —  In April, Bill Moyers introduced Buying the War by explaining, "The story of how high officials misled the country has been told, but they couldn't have done it on their own; they needed a compliant press …

Trending Towards Inanity  —  SHARE Digg del.icio.us Reddit Newsvine  —  If you wanted to ruin the political career of Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton's chief pollster and strategist, here would be one way to do it: First, create some sort of artifact bearing his name that you could use to tank his reputation.

What If MoveOn.org Existed 65 Years Ago?  —  How NOT To Understand The Reconstruction Effort In Iraq — Comments (9) »  —  Had MoveOn.org and their ilk been around 65-years ago this conversation would likely be taking place in German.  —  And our beer might be better.