memeorandum: Obama pastor recalls his ‘crucifixion’ in Dallas sermon (Associated Press)

Rev. Wright Delivers Fiery Address to NAACP — Speaking in Detroit, at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 53rd annual “Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner,” Rev. Jeremiah Wright took on his critics even while he spoke of a new, unified day coming. — You can watch the speech HERE.

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Washington Post:

Reverend's Words Stir Debate on His Creed — Obama's Ex-Pastor To Visit D.C. Forum On Black Church — Bobby Henry was angry when he first saw the now-famous snippets of sermons by the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. playing over and over on television. He considered the uproar …

Discussion: NewsBusters.org and The Page

Michelle Malkin:

Monday morning engine-starter: Jeremiah Wright, racial phrenologist — Good morning, people. I'll be on Fox and Friends at around 8:15am to talk politics. Today's engine-starter is The American Digest's post on Jeremiah Wright's racial brain theories. — Do you remember nutball racialist …

Discussion: Political Punch

hiphopmusic.com:

Rev Wright NAACP Speech (Video) — Complete video of Reverend Jeremiah Wright's speech to the NAACP — Rev. Wright NAACP Speech PART ONE Rev. Wright NAACP Speech PART TWO Reverend Wright NAACP Speech PART THREE Reverend Wright NAACP Speech PART FOUR — Wow. I saw this on CNN tonight - and was moved to tears.

Discussion: RIGHTWINGSPARKLE, Political Machine, Taylor Marsh and Comments from Left Field

AMERICAN DIGEST:

Surprise, There is a Difference Between Black Brains and White Brains: Obama's Pastor Explains It All to You — “In comparing African-American children and European-American children, we were comparing apples and rocks.” — “Different is not deficient.” It would seem there is a profound …

Associated Press:

Obama pastor recalls his ‘crucifixion’ in Dallas sermon — DALLAS — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the embattled pastor of presidential candidate Barack Obama, gave a 45-minute sermon on Sunday that included a reference to his “public crucifixion” for past comments from the pulpit.

Detroit Free Press:
Wright tells NAACP audience: ‘A change is going to come’

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New York Times:

Eyes on Blue-Collar Voters, Obama Shifts Style — ANDERSON, Ind. — Senator Barack Obama is making subtle changes to his campaign style and message in an effort to strengthen his appeal to blue-collar voters and to avoid a defeat in Indiana that aides fear could give Democratic Party leaders further pause …

Discussion: The Page

Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Tackles Bread-and-Butter Issues in Indiana

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Ezra Levant:

CHRC: “nothing untoward, nothing wrong” with hacking citizen's Internet — Nelly Hechme is the innocent bystander whose Internet connection was hacked by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, so their investigators could cover their tracks when they went online under their secret codenames to surf white supremacist websites.

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Colin Perkel / Canadian Press: Internet hijacking ‘disturbing’ says Ottawa woman

Gary Younge / Guardian:

Hillary has cynically turned to the one argument she has left: race — She failed to convince the electorate of her own viability. Now her team claims that voters won't back a black candidate — It is one of the enduring paradoxes of American racism that those black Americans most likely …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:

Boston's Scrappy Herald, Screaming for Readers — BOSTON — Kevin Convey is proud of that morning's screaming front-page headline. — “HONEY, I DUCT-TAPED THE KIDS!” blares the Boston Herald, describing a local mother accused of mistreating her young children and posting the photos on MySpace.

William Kristol / New York Times:

Hillary Gets No Respect — I normally don't claim to speak for other members of the vast right-wing conspiracy. After all, we're each nefarious in our own, individual way. Indeed, we often disagree with one another. — But I do think I can speak for most of my fellow right-wingers when I say this …

Discussion: The Confluence and No More Mister Nice Blog

Ray Kimball / The Huffington Post:

The Next Generation — I have a dirty little secret — I'm at least two “generations” apart from the majority of the force. I came into the Army at a time when we were trying to figure out just what we were supposed to do in a post-Cold War World. I vividly remember several of my instructors …

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:

Obama stars in Mississippi attack ad — The Republican candidate in a special election to fill an unexpectedly contested seat in a conservative Mississippi congressional district is using recent controversies surrounding Senator Barack Obama to tar his Democratic rival.

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Todd Zywicki / The Volokh Conspiracy:

ROBERT FRANK FALLS FOR THE TWO-INCOME TRAP: In today's Washington Post, Robert Frank writes: … Professor Frank has missed the ball on this one. As I observed in the Wall Street Journal last August in my column “The Two Income-Tax Trap” the math behind this simply doesn't add up—using Warren and Tyagi's own numbers:

Discussion: Vox Popoli

Robert H. Frank / Washington Post:
Don't Blame All Borrowers

Discussion: TaxProf Blog, Cato-at-liberty, Matthew Yglesias and Will Wilkinson

Stephen Labaton / New York Times:

Loan Industry Fighting Rules on Mortgages — WASHINGTON — The mortgage industry, facing the prospect of tougher regulations for its central role in the housing crisis, has begun an intensive campaign to fight back. — As the Federal Reserve completes work on rules to root out abuses by lenders …

Discussion: The Crone Speaks

Jennifer Saba / Editor and Publisher:

New FAS-FAX: Steep Decline at ‘NYT’ While ‘WSJ’ Gains — NEW YORK Print circulation continues on its steep downward slide, the Audit Bureau of Circulations revealed this morning in releasing the latest numbers for some of the country's largest dailies for the six-month period ending March 31, 2008.

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Romenesko

Molly Ball / Las Vegas Review-Journal:

NEVADA POLITICS: GOP convention cut short — Some supporters of Ron Paul riled after time runs out at state party event — RENO — The state Republican convention was called off Saturday evening without electing national delegates, prompting protests from a record crowd that included …

Discussion: PoliGazette, michellemalkin.com and Reno Gazette-Journal

Associated Press:
Nev. GOP recesses state convention, angering Paul supporters

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