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Annie Karni / New York Sun:
Backlash Against Bollinger Hits Columbia — A backlash against the president of Columbia University, Lee Bollinger, who on Monday delivered a harsh rebuke to President Ahmadinejad, is coming from faculty members and students who said he struck an "insulting tone" and that his remarks amounted to "schoolyard taunts."
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Mr. Lee Bollinger / Fars News Agency:
Iranian University Chancellors Ask Bollinger 10 Questions — TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Seven chancellors and presidents of Iranian universities and research centers, in a letter addressed to their counterpart in the US Colombia University, denounced Lee Bollinger's insulting words …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
NPR Rebuffs White House On Bush Talk — Radio Network Wanted To Choose Its Interviewer — The White House reached out to National Public Radio over the weekend, offering analyst Juan Williams a presidential interview to mark yesterday's 50th anniversary of school desegregation in Little Rock.
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Captain's Quarters, No More Mister Nice Blog, NewsBusters.org, Outside The Beltway, Corrente and Romenesko
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Can She Reach Religious Voters? — During a question-and-answer session at Tufts University immediately after the 2004 election, Sen. Hillary Clinton identified the alienation of religious voters as one of the Democratic Party's main problems. And the appeal she proposed was straightforward …
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Quinnipiac University News and Events:
September 26, 2007 - Clinton, Giuliani Neck And Neck In New Jersey Pres Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; More See Giuliani As More Principled Than Democrat — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, the Republican front-runner …
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Sen. Clinton in crosshairs
Sen. Clinton in crosshairs
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Chicago Sun Times, The Swamp, New York Times, TIME, The Heretik, ABCNEWS and Political Radar
William Douglas / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Bush astounds activists, supports human rights — UNITED NATIONS — President Bush implored the United Nations on Tuesday to recommit itself to restoring human decency by liberating oppressed people and ending famine and disease. — Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly …
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Think Progress, Outside The Beltway, Shakespeare's Sister, All Spin Zone, The Sundries Shack and Jules Crittenden
Opinion Journal:
Calling Rudy — For Mr. Giuliani, it's more than his wife that's on the line. — Most Americans understand it takes an extra chromosome to run for President, but there are some limits on odd behavior. Which makes us wonder what Rudy Giuliani was thinking last Friday when he accepted …
Washington Post:
UAW Reaches Tentative Agreement With GM — General Motors and the United Auto Workers agreed to a new contract early Wednesday, ending a two-day nationwide strike with a watershed deal that establishes a new union-managed trust fund for retiree health care.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
MoveOn Pays The Times $77,508 for Ad Cost — MoveOn.org said yesterday that it paid The New York Times $77,508 after the newspaper revealed that its advertising department had undercharged the organization for an advertisement that ran two weeks ago and proved controversial.
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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Hsu raised big money for Clinton supporters — Candidates she courted benefit — Disgraced fund-raiser Norman Hsu did a lot more than just pump $850,000 into Hillary Clinton's campaign bank account: He also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for local, state, and federal candidates …
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Captain's Quarters, Hot Air, Telegraph, A Blog For All, MSNBC, JammieWearingFool and Blue Crab Boulevard
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
New Train Wreck Coming on FISA — I just got off the phone with Caroline Fredrickson from the ACLU, and the news is about what you'd expect if you have witnessed Democratic House behavior over the past six months. The bottom line is that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are disorganized and giving …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Senate Panel to Consider Shield Bill for Reporters
Senate Panel to Consider Shield Bill for Reporters
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Macsmind
Investor's Business Daily:
The Soros Threat To Democracy — Democracy: George Soros is known for funding groups such as MoveOn.org that seek to manipulate public opinion. So why is the billionaire's backing of what he believes in problematic? In a word: transparency. — George Soros & MoveOn.org: Exclusive Series
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The Two Obamas — Last week, I saw Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama give two speeches. The first was enthralling, the second disappointing. Together, they offered a pointed reminder of Obama's undeniable promise as a politician and the fundamental, unanswered question of his candidacy …
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New York Times:
Towns Rethink Laws Against Illegal Immigrants — A little more than a year ago, the Township Committee in this faded factory town became the first municipality in New Jersey to enact legislation penalizing anyone who employed or rented to an illegal immigrant.
Ynetnews:
Goldwasser recounts confrontation with Ahmadinejad — Wife of kidnapped IDF soldier Ehud Goldwasser tells Ynet of Iranian president's reaction to her question 'why don't you allow Red Cross to visit captives?' at New York press conference, saying, 'Now he knows I can reach him too, he does not scare us'
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Do Not Vote for This Guy — HE DOESN'T WANT DEMOCRATS TO VOTE—UNLESS IT'S TO APPOINT HIM TO THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION. — Another one for you to file under "fox guards the henhouse": The Senate rules committee votes tomorrow (Wednesday) on whether to give Hans A. von Spakovsky …
Reed Walters / New York Times:
Justice in Jena — THE case of the so-called Jena Six has fired the imaginations of thousands, notably young African-Americans who, according to many of their comments, believe they will be in the vanguard of a new civil rights movement. Whether America needs a new civil rights movement …