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6:40 PM ET, October 10, 2007

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Matthew Hay Brown / Baltimore Sun:
Frost family draws ire of conservatives  —  Halsey and Bonnie Frost, in front of their Butchers Hill house.  Critics question whether the Frosts should be eligible for a federal insurance program.  (Sun photo by Barbara Haddock Taylor / October 9, 2007)  —  When Halsey and Bonnie Frost agreed …
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The Corner:
Frosty reception  —  I tremble to return to the subject of the Frost family, if only because so many e-mailers in the last 72 hours seem to confuse a debate on health care with an analysis of my sexual inadequacy and the accommodational capacity of my posterior.
Edward Glaeser / New York Sun:
The World According to Paul Krugman  —  Human knowledge is produced by intellectual combat that exposes weak premises and faulty conclusions to withering challenge.  We are often improved more by our ideological enemies than by our friends, because our enemies push us hardest.
Discussion: Grasping Reality …
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Paul Krugman, pussycat  —  The Conscience of a Liberal is um...not that polemic.  It's not that shrill.  There is an argument, to be sure, but the book has much more economic history than I had expected, and much more political history.  —  I've already blogged on The Great Compression …
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
My Clinton Problem - And Ours  —  A reader writes: … Yes, I remember.  I was an unillusioned Clinton supporter in 1991 and 1992.  As editor of The New Republic, I helped guide the magazine toward an endorsement of the guy.  Heck, I edited Sid Blumenthal's coverage of the campaign and wrote the editorial that endorsed him.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Thank You, Jerry Nadler.  —  I am sitting here in my living room watching the FISA bill mark-up in the House Judiciary Committee.  Jerry Nadler is rocking, and I had to take a moment to say thank you.  From the hearing moments ago (this is me transcribing it, so it's a rough transcript):
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Smile, Though Your Head Is Aching  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in a determinedly good mood when she sat down to lunch with reporters yesterday.  She entered the room beaming and, over the course of an hour, smiled no fewer than 31 times and got off at least 23 laughs.
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David Kelley / Wall Street Journal:
Capitalist Heroes  —  Fifty years ago today Ayn Rand published her magnum opus, "Atlas Shrugged."  It's an enduringly popular novel — all 1,168 pages of it — with some 150,000 new copies still sold each year in bookstores alone.  And it's always had a special appeal for people in business.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge Bars Bush Crackdown on Illegal Workers  —  Plan Would Have Pressured Firms to Fire Up to 8.7M  —  A federal judge barred the Bush administration today from launching a planned crackdown on U.S. firms that hire illegal immigrants, warning of the plan's potentially "staggering" impact on law-abiding workers and companies.
D. Aristophanes / Sadly, No!:
Malkin vs. Malkin  —  My first favorite scene in this movie is the one in the beginning where Michelle pees standing up next to Jesse.  But my second favorite scene is this one:  —  Sulkin' Malkin, August 27, 2004: … VERSUS  —  Stalkin' Malkin, October 9, 2007: … BONUS QUOTE, BULEMIC CRY-FOR-HELP DEPT.:
Discussion: Ezra Klein
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Ezra Klein:
Let's Debate  —  "It's militant leftist bloggers," writes Malkin …
Newsweek:
Terror watch: Gonzales lawyers up  —  Still under investigation by Congress and Justice Department lawyers who once worked for him, the former attorney general has turned to a leading Washington attorney to help him beat the rap.  —  No sooner did Alberto Gonzales resign as attorney general …
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
What Did Hillary Really Say To The Washington Post About Torture?  —  Hillary is taking a pounding in the blogosphere over this passage from today's Washington Post front-page interview with her, in which she appears not to take a firm stand against torture:
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Exclusive: Nearly 90 House Dems Sign Letter Pledging To No Longer Fund War  —  I've just learned that nearly 90 members of the House of Representatives have now added their names to a letter to the President pledging not to vote for any more funding for the war and only to vote for supplementals …
Discussion: D-Day and Riehl World View
Brandon Friedman / Daily Kos:
Hate Mail from Dittoheads  —  On Friday night I went on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and read off some hate mail from Rush Limbaugh's listeners.  Based on the response, I thought I'd share with you all some of the emails we've received at VoteVets.org—in complete, uncut, and unaltered form.
Sara Bonisteel / Fox News:
Canada's Expectant Moms Heading to U.S. to Deliver  —  Mothers in British Columbia are having a baby boom, but it's the United States that has to deliver, and that has some proud Canadians blasting their highly touted government healthcare system.  —  "I'm a born-bred Canadian …
United States - Department of The Treasury:
Treasury Designates Three Key Terrorist Financiers  —  The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) three individuals based in Saudi Arabia who have served as significant sources of financial and other support to individuals and entities …
 
 
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CNN:
Carter says U.S. tortures prisoners
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
ISLAMO-FASCISM AWARENESS WEEK AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY …
MSNBC:
White House 2008 rankings: The Republicans
Discussion: MyDD
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Live Free Or Die
Discussion: Right-Thinking …
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Study: Rise in humidity caused by humans
Reuters:
Jimmy Carter calls Cheney a "disaster"
Discussion: Hashmonean.com and Yourish.com
John Podhoretz / The Corner:
Law and Order Platitude?
Discussion: bustardblog
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Social conservative leaders back off third-party threat but still fear Giuliani
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
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Dick Morris and the Hate-Hillary Republicans
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Ali Eteraz / The Huffington Post:
The Myth of Muslim Condemnation of Terror
Deacon / Power Line:
A FAUX "GOTCHA" MOMENT
Gordon Trowbridge / Detroit News:
Thompson passes key test
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
What Fred's Got  —  I haven't changed my mind on the essential …
Discussion: Punditry
Associated Press:
UAW, Chrysler settle after brief strike
Eugene Volokh / Opinion Journal:
President Spock  —  What if Barack Obama told his wife he wouldn't say …
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon unveils X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, an AI feature that generates “spoiler-free and concise summaries” of TV shows, in beta to Fire TV users in the US

 
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