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Rick Perlstein / commonsense.ourfuture.org:
Bed-wetter Nation — Here's a big question that I want to start addressing in upcoming posts: what is conservative rule doing to our nation's soul? How is it rewiring our hearts and minds? What kind of damage are they doing to the American character? And can we ever recover?
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BLACKFIVE, No More Mister Nice Blog, QandO, Ezra Klein, Time, The Sundries Shack, All Spin Zone, Open Left, Riehl World View and The Agonist
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Lee Bollinger / Salon:
My questions for President Ahmadinejad — The full text of the speech that Columbia University president Lee Bollinger delivered Monday blasting the Iranian president — with Ahmadinejad present. … Columbia University president Lee Bollinger speaks prior to introducing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sept. 24.
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New York Times
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 …
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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All Spin Zone
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Bush, at U.N., Announces Stricter Burmese Sanctions
Bush, at U.N., Announces Stricter Burmese Sanctions
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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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Hofstra University:
Hofstra Law School Hosts Sixth Biannual Legal Ethics Conference "Lawyering at the Edge: Unpopular Clients, Difficult Cases, Zealous Advocates" — Hofstra Law School, Hempstead, NY: Hofstra Law School is pleased to announce its upcoming 2007 Legal Ethics Conference, Lawyering at the Edge …
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Frederic J. Frommer / Associated Press:
Kline says he sees 'amazing' progress in Iraq — WASHINGTON — Rep. John Kline, returning from his fifth trip to Iraq, said Tuesday he saw "amazing" progress in the security situation there, and a sense of normalcy returning among Iraqi people. — Kline, R-Minn., traveled to Iraq …
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Captain's Quarters
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Richard Fernandez / Pajamas Media:
THE SAFFRON REVOLUTION — Could the protesters in Myanmar actually succeed in peacefully overthrowing Burma's military government? PJM Sydney editor Richard Fernandez asks whether the marching monks are in for a bloodbath or a Buddhist miracle. — Support Pajamas Media; Visit Our Advertisers
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Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés / The Moderate Voice:
Burma Dharma: What is the Sound of 20,000 Monks Marching?
Burma Dharma: What is the Sound of 20,000 Monks Marching?
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The Van Der Galiën Gazette
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Tiny terrorist declares end of world order, dawn of new golden age — A few highlights stitched together. The World War II era, "as well as the era of materialistic thoughts based on arrogance and domination," hath ended and the new age of love, peace, justice, dignity, friendship …
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Ilya Somin / Opinion Journal:
Uncle Sam Wants You, Gramps — How come "national service" proponents never talk about drafting the old? — One of the most interesting (and in my view sinister) aspects of proposals for mandatory "national service" is that they virtually always target only the young, usually 18- to 21-year-olds.
Washington Post:
House Passes Children's Health Bill — A broad House majority gave final approval last night to a $35 billion expansion of the popular children's health insurance program, with members from both parties brushing aside a stern veto threat from President Bush to vote their support, 265 to 159.
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Iraqi Prime Minister Says That Civil War Has Been Prevented — Maliki Also Plays Down Iran's Influence — Civil war has been averted in Iraq and Iranian intervention there has "ceased to exist," Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said yesterday. — "I can't say there is a picture …
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The Reaction, All Spin Zone, The Road to Surfdom, Upper Left, NewsBusters.org, The Atlantic Online, Wake up America and The Heretik
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Ezra Klein:
Ahmadinejad Gets Laughed At — Watch Ahmadinejad's face here. — He's not being feared. He's being laughed at. Imagine how the Iranian people feel seeing these clips (and they're seeing them). Imagine how the rest of the Iranian government feels being made to look so foolish …
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The Sundries Shack, Pandagon, PoliBlog (TM), Outside The Beltway, The American Scene, QandO and The Sideshow
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
House Panel Approves a Trade Pact With Peru — A trade pact between the United States and Peru won bipartisan support in a crucial Congressional committee Tuesday, signaling that some Democrats will be receptive to new trade deals as long as they call on other nations to adhere to international labor and environmental standards.
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The Huffington Post
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Inspector Finds Broad Failures in Oil Program — The Interior Department's program to collect billions of dollars annually from oil and gas companies that drill on federal lands is troubled by mismanagement, ethical lapses and fears of retaliation against whistle-blowers, the department's chief independent investigator has concluded.
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Brilliant at Breakfast
Los Angeles Times:
Hollywood reporting for duty? — What duty, if any, does Hollywood have to the country? What role should it play in the national discourse? … Good night and good laugh — By Andrew Breitbart — David, — Trust me, David, my expectations for the cinematic braintrust you eagerly defend are quite low.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SPAIN OPENS THE BOOKS ON BUSH? — My ability to bring you the full details on this are, to put it charitably, limited by my inability to accurately translate Spanish. But it seems someone in the Spanish government has leaked to El Pais transcripts of conversations between President Bush …