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Columbia University in the City of New York:
President Lee C. Bollinger's Introductory Remarks at SIPA-World Leaders Forum with President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — I would like to begin by thanking Dean John Coatsworth and Professor Richard Bulliet for their work in organizing this event and for their commitment to the role …
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Playing Democrat At Columbia — The novelty of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's appearance yesterday at Columbia University did not, as many critics would have it, lie in the fact that an august Ivy League institution had invited the Iranian president — a Holocaust-denier, authoritarian leader and sponsor of terrorism — to speak on its campus.
Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
Columbia's Conceit — Exactly what would it have accomplished to "engage in a debate" with Hitler? — On Saturday John Coatsworth, acting dean of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, made the remark that "if Hitler were in the United States and …
Juan Cole / Salon:Turning Ahmadinejad into public enemy No. 1
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The Moderate Voice, Alternate Brain, The Huffington Post, Outside The Beltway and All Spin Zone
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
The Ugly Side of the G.O.P. — I applaud the thousands of people, many of them poor, who traveled from around the country to protest in Jena, La., last week. But what I'd really like to see is a million angry protesters marching on the headquarters of the National Republican Party in Washington.
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Rasmussen Reports:
23% Approve of MoveOn.org Petraeus Ad, 58% Disapprove — Twenty-three percent (23%) of Americans approve of an ad run in the New York Times "that referred to General Petraeus as General Betray Us." A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 58% disapproved.
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Captain's Quarters, Don Surber, L.A. Times, QandO, BLACKFIVE, Outside The Beltway and Blue Crab Boulevard
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Right Fight for Democrats — This week's showdown over children's health insurance is the first skirmish in the new battle for universal health coverage. It is also the first confrontation between the president and Congress fought out almost entirely on terms set by the new Democratic majority.
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David Margolick / Vanity Fair:
Through a Lens, Darkly — During the historic 1957 desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, 26-year-old journalist Will Counts took a photograph that gave an iconic face to the passions at the center of the civil-rights movement—two faces, actually: those of 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford …
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Associated Press:
Giuliani party seeks $9.11 per person — WASHINGTON - A supporter of Rudy Giuliani's is throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican's presidential campaign. — Abraham Sofaer is having a fundraiser at his Palo Alto, Calif., home on Wednesday …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Center Holds — In the beginning of August, liberal bloggers met at the YearlyKos convention while centrist Democrats met at the Democratic Leadership Council's National Conversation. Almost every Democratic presidential candidate attended YearlyKos, and none visited the D.L.C.
ABCNEWS:
Clinton Camp Raises Q3 Money Expectations for Rival — Clinton Camp Puts Own Q3 Haul at $17-20 Million; Predicts Obama's Over $30 Million — In the last week before the third quarter fundraising totals are due, the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. …
Associated Press:
Kevin Spacey Meets Venezuela's Chavez — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Actor Kevin Spacey met privately Monday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, one of Washington's most outspoken critics in Latin America. — Neither Spacey — who has won Academy Awards for roles in "The Usual Suspects" …
Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
Democratic Party Maintains Solid Image Advantage Over GOP — Public Prefers Democratic Party to Republican for handling terrorism, military security — PRINCETON, NJ — Public attitudes toward the two major political parties have not changed much in recent months.
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The Swamp
CBN.com:
Southern Baptist Leader Defends Fred Thompson — Richard Land, the President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (which is part of the influential Southern Baptist Convention), tells The Brody File that the criticism leveled at Fred Thompson by James Dobson and others is a tad bit over the top.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Time to Move On? — The fact that we're all debating the MoveOn ad two weeks after it ran suggests that the organization more than got its money's worth—even though the price just jumped from $65,000 to $142,000. — That's because, as I noted yesterday, MoveOn agreed to pay the higher rate …
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Shuster to Rep. Blackburn: "When was the last time a New York Times ad ever killed somebody?" — Tucker substitute host David Shuster confronts Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) about the blatant hypocrisy of the Republican party when he asks about Rush Limbaugh's Senator Betrayus smear …
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