Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:20 PM ET, October 10, 2007

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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 …
RELATED:
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Let's Move The S-CHIP Debate Back To Policy  —  The New York Times takes a look into the storm of controversy over the Frost family in the S-CHIP debate.  David Herszenhorn gives a fairly balanced view of the nine-day wonder that the Frosts became, and settles some of the factual disputes that has plagued the sideshow:
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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.
Discussion: five feet of fury.
Michelle Malkin:
Democrat poster-child abuse, the nutroots' pushback, and the continued campaign to silence the Right  —  Update 1:40pm Eastern.  Bruce Kesler discovers that, despite living in one of the highest cost areas of the U.S., San Diego, owning a modest house in a middle-class neighborhood, with substantial equity, he qualifies for S-CHIP.
Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Graeme Frost & Why I'm Ashamed to Be a Blogger Today (Update II)  —  The Frosts Outside & Inside Semi-Palatial Home  —  The vicious underbelly of the blogosphere is in full-howl display over the story of Graeme Frost, the 12-year-old who gave a Democratic Party radio rebuttal to President Bush's veto …
Faiz / Think Progress:
Was A McConnell Staffer Behind The Campaign To Smear The 12-Yr Old SCHIP Recipient?  —  The right wing's attack on Graeme Frost, a 12-year old recipient of SCHIP, is now attracting attention from a number of traditional media outlets.  "I think it's really a sad statement about how bankrupt …
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Capitol Feud: A 12-Year-Old Is the Fodder
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.
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Oliver Willis
RELATED:
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Bomb, Bomb Iran  —  Hillary seemed rattled.  —  Up until now, she has displayed remarkable imperturbability — gliding along with the help of good lighting, a hearty guffaw and a clever husband.  —  But on Sunday in New Hampton, Iowa, Hillary lost her cool at last.
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
The Silenced Majority  —  We are condemned, the smart guys tell us, to stay in Iraq.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Norwegianity
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.
RELATED:
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):
RELATED:
ACLU:
Tell your representative: Stand up for the Constitution, fix FISA.
Discussion: WorkingForChange
The Corner:
The Day After...  [E.M. Zanotti]  —  If you want to make friends in Michigan, the secret is to hold up your right hand in the in the universal "stop" gesture, popularized by Motown staple the Supremes, and announce to the crowd around you that "Michigan is a Mitt."
Discussion: Detroit News
RELATED:
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The Threat of Ron Paul
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM)
RELATED:
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Republican Debate: Winners and Losers
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Eugene Volokh / Opinion Journal:
President Spock  —  What if Barack Obama told his wife he wouldn't say "I love you" anymore?  —  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he doesn't tell his wife he loves her any more, because "I love you" has become a substitute for "true love."
San Francisco Chronicle:
Residents of a famously liberal city appear to be changing views  —  San Francisco - the liberal, left-coast city conservatives love to mock - could be undergoing a transformation when it comes to homeless people.  Although the city would still be a poor choice for a pep rally for the war in Iraq …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Generation Q  —  I just spent the past week visiting several colleges — Auburn, the University of Mississippi, Lake Forest and Williams — and I can report that the more I am around this generation of college students, the more I am both baffled and impressed.
Discussion: Brian Beutler, MoJoBlog and Gawker
International Herald Tribune:
Transcript: Charlie Rose interview with David Kilcullen  —  CHARLIE ROSE, HOST: Welcome to the broadcast.  Tonight, insights into Iraq with David Kilcullen.  He has been a senior adviser to General Petraeus.  He is one of the leading counterterrorist experts in the world.
Discussion: PrairiePundit
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 2:20 PM ET, October 10, 2007.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Gordon Trowbridge / Detroit News:
Thompson passes key test
White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
What Fred's Got  —  I haven't changed my mind on the essential …
Discussion: Punditry
Laura Bush / Opinion Journal:
Stop the Terror in Burma
U.S. House of Representatives:
The 'C' in SCHIP Is for Children, Except When It's Not
Discussion: Heading Right and Redstate
Patterico's Pontifications:
Looks Like Andres Martinez Didn't Do Anything Wrong After All
Discussion: LA Observed
The Corner:
It's a Boston Thing
Discussion: Power Line and race42008.com
Brandon Friedman / Daily Kos:
Hate Mail from Dittoheads
Discussion: Think Progress
 Earlier Items: 
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Yankee Fans Hate Rudy
Discussion: MSNBC and State of the Day
Sabrina Eaton / OPENERS:
Pelosi defends refusal to put "God" on flag certificates
Peter Funt / Washington Post:
It's Not Democracy. It's a Sub.
Discussion: Wonkette and Comment Central
Camille Paglia / Salon:
The paranoid withdrawal fantasy
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
USA Today:
GAO study reveals boot camp 'nightmare'
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Blogs target jihadis online
Washington Post:
Clinton Cites Lessons of Partisanship
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Why Fight For Anyone's Freedom?
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page