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Ed Whelan / Bench Memos:
Exposing an Irresponsible Anonymous Blogger — One bane of the Internet is the anonymous blogger who abuses his anonymity to engage in irresponsible attacks. One such blogger who has been biting at my ankles in recent months is the fellow who calls himself “publius” at the Obsidian Wings blog.
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Publius / Obsidian Wings:
Stay Classy Ed Whelan — So there you have it - I've been officially outed by Ed Whelan. I would never have done that to my harshest critic in a million years, but oh well. — And to be clear - the proximate cause was that Whelan got mad that I criticized him in a blog post.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
CLASS ACT, ALL THE WAY.... On Friday, publius — Hilzoy's Obsidian Wings co-blogger and someone I've known for several years — had a blog post criticizing something National Review's Ed Whelan wrote. As blog criticisms go, the piece was acerbic but hardly outrageous — Whelan made an observation …
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First Draft
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Outing — National Review's Ed Whelan has outed The Blogger Formerly Known as Publius, revealing his name and employer despite being informed by TBFKAP that he had a “variety of private, family, and professional reasons” for wishing to keep his identity private.
A.L. / The Anonymous Liberal:
Ed Whelan Completes His Descent into Hackery — I've been debating all day whether or not to respond to this act of astounding immaturity and intellectual cowardice. On the one hand, this “outing” hits pretty close to home. In addition to being a long time reader and admirer of Publius' writing …
Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
Clinton: Obama Has Passed ‘3a.m.’ Test — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said President Barack Obama has “absolutely” answered questions she posed during the Democratic campaign about his lack of experience and ability to handle an international crisis.
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Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
U.S. Thinking of Restoring N. Korea to Terror List — WASHINGTON — Concerned by North Korean behavior that she called “very provocative and belligerent,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an interview aired Sunday that the United States was considering putting North Korea …
Washington Post:
D.C. Couple's Disdain for U.S. Policies May Have Led to Alleged Spying for Cuba — Disdain for U.S. Policies May Have Led to Alleged Spying for Cuba — He was a courtly State Department intelligence analyst from a prominent family who loved to sail and peruse the London Review of Books.
Amie Parnes / The Politico:
Dems express ‘growing concern’ — House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer and Reps. Chris Van Hollen and Daniel Maffei have circulated this letter today ... ... to Obama expressing “growing concern” with the closures of GM and Chrysler dealerships across the country.
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Maggie's Farm, The Strata-Sphere, Wizbang, PoliGazette, RedState and Patterico's Pontifications
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Obamanomics: How Stupid Do They Think We Are? — Pretty stupid. Watching Fox News Sunday, I caught a panel on which Obama economic advisor Austin Goolsbee conceded that the administration had previously predicted unemployment would top out at around 8%, that it was now up to 9.4% …
William Kates / Associated Press:
Palin helps NY town celebrate Alaska anniversary — AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin set aside politics only briefly Saturday to help Auburn officials celebrate their inaugural Founder's Day and raise money for a museum honoring William Seward, the 19th-century U.S. secretary …
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The Strata-Sphere, No More Mister Nice Blog, Macsmind, Conservatives4Palin.com, Hot Air and The American Mind
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Victor Davis Hanson / Pajamas Media:
The Reckoning — Obama Versus the Way of the Universe — I wish the President well, but he is butting up against human nature. And that is a fight one cannot win. If one runs up nearly a $2 trillion annual deficit, and then persists in such red-ink to the point of adding another $9 trillion …
Peter Bradshaw / Guardian:
Tunnel frauds leave Gazans ruined — For years, a network of underground smugglers' routes from Egypt to the Gaza Strip has supplied a besieged population with everything from cement to cattle. But now a series of major scams has destroyed the dreams of desperate investors who saw the tunnels as a path out of poverty
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Israel Matzav
Allan Dowd / Reuters:
Canadians angered over “Buy American” rule — WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canadian municipal leaders threatened to retaliate against the “Buy America” movement in the United States on Saturday, warning trade restrictions will hurt both countries' economies.
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Lee Fang / Think Progress:
Gingrich: Americans ‘surrounded by paganism.’
Gingrich: Americans ‘surrounded by paganism.’
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PERRspectives, Washington Monthly, The Reaction, The Swamp, DISSENTING JUSTICE, Brilliant at Breakfast, PoliBlog, MyDD, INSTAPUTZ and Liberal Values