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8:25 AM ET, September 26, 2007

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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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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.
Discussion: 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 …
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Ahmadinejad's Less Than Warm Welcome To Columbia University
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 …
Discussion: All Spin Zone and Jules Crittenden
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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Bush, at U.N., Announces Stricter Burmese Sanctions
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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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Bush's UN Speech Full of Fone-eh-tick Pronunciations for World Leaders
Discussion: The Young Turks and All Spin Zone
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Senate Panel to Consider Shield Bill for Reporters  —  A bill that for the first time would give journalists limited protection from efforts to force them to reveal their sources in the federal courts will be taken up by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, and its sponsors said its prospects are good.
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Matt Stoller / Open Left:
New Train Wreck Coming on FISA
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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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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?
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 …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Hindrocket / Power Line:   BACK FROM IRAQ  —  Congressman John Kline has just returned …
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Why Hillary will say no to Obama  —  If Hillary Clinton gets the Democratic nomination — and she certainly may not — her first and most important decision will be her choice of a running mate.  —  While the choice will be hers alone, there will be enormous pressure on her within the Democratic Party to choose Barack Obama.
Discussion: TIME
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Washington Post:
Iranian President Ahmadinejad Delivers Remarks at U.N. General Assembly Meeting  —  SPEAKER: IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD  —  AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In the name of God, the compassionate and the merciful, oh, God, hasten the arrival of Imam al-Mahdi and grant him good health …
Discussion: Reuters, Yourish.com and Gateway Pundit
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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.
Discussion: Althouse and Betsy's Page
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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.
Discussion: The Corner
Natalie O'Brien / NEWS.com.au:
Islamist 'leader' wants revolution  —  THE mysterious sheik behind the Australian chapter of Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir has revealed the organisation's support for military coups and revolutions to overthrow non-Muslim governments worldwide.  —  Ismail Al Wahwah, who was little known until …
 
 
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MSNBC:
UAW, GM reach tentative deal
Brian C. Ledbetter / snapped shot:
gmu: still slouching towards dhimmitude?
Discussion: Power Line
Bmathey / The Van Der Galiën Gazette:
Saudi Arabia to take action on the Dollar's continued slide.
Discussion: Donklephant
Steve Schippert / ThreatsWatch:
ThreatsWatch.Org - PrincipalAnalysis: Understanding Al-Qaeda's …
Discussion: Jay Currie
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
IF HENRY AIN'T HAPPY, AIN'T NOBODY HAPPY
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SPAIN OPENS THE BOOKS ON BUSH?
Discussion: Corrente and Alternate Brain
Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
Weapons left by US troops 'used as bait to kill Iraqis'
 Earlier Items: 
Shelby Steele / Opinion Journal:
The Legacy of Little Rock
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Agree to Hear Case About Voter ID Laws
Los Angeles Times:
Hollywood reporting for duty?
Discussion: Power Line, alicublog and TBogg
Chuck Ross / TVWeek.com:
Koppel on Rather Suit: Squeezing Out of Newsman was a 'Travesty'
Agence France Presse:
France says nuclear weapons in Iran's hands 'unacceptable'
Discussion: Don Surber
Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
House panel debates hip-hop lyrics
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Faiz / Think Progress:
Reid: Lieberman-Kyl amendment being revised.
Ezra Klein:
Ahmadinejad Gets Laughed At
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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