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Wall Street Journal:
Irving Kristol's Reality Principles — A great mind exposes ideological illusions, while thinking through better alternatives. — Printer — Friendly — The following are excerpts from essays that appeared in The Wall Street Journal by Irving Kristol, who died yesterday at age 89.
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Barry Gewen / New York Times:
Irving Kristol, Godfather of Conservatism, Dies — Irving Kristol, the political commentator who, as much as anyone, defined modern conservatism and helped revitalize the Republican Party in the late 1960s and early '70s, setting the stage for the Reagan presidency and years of conservative dominance …
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Irving Kristol, 1920-2009 — Irving Kristol, writer, editor …
Irving Kristol, 1920-2009 — Irving Kristol, writer, editor …
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Irving Kristol, Architect of Neoconservatism, Dies at 89
Irving Kristol, Architect of Neoconservatism, Dies at 89
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The Washington Note
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
Tapper calls Fox ad ‘demonstrably untrue’ — Jake Tapper, on Twitter this morning, took issue with a Fox News ad in today's Washington Post, that he says is “asserting that every other channel ‘missed’ the story of the 912 march. Demonstrably untrue.” — He pointed out that Yunji de Nies …
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Washington Post:
Inquiry Into CIA Practices Narrows — Ex-Agency Directors Urge Administration To Drop Investigation — The Justice Department's review of detainee abuse by the CIA will focus on a very small number of cases, including at least one in which an Afghan prisoner died at a secret facility, according to two sources briefed on the matter.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama: Change, not race, heats debate — Fear of “big changes” and the growing role of government - but not racial prejudice - are behind much of the heated criticism that the White House faces, President Barack Obama said during a television network-sweeping series of interviews today …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Rejects Race as Lead Cause of Criticism — WASHINGTON — President Obama said Friday that he did not believe his race was the cause of fierce criticism aimed at his administration in the contentious national debate over health care, but rather that the cause was a sense of suspicion …
Kate Andersen Brower / Bloomberg:
Michelle Obama Says Women Are “Crushed” by Health-Care System — Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) — First lady Michelle Obama sought support for the administration's health-care plans from family advocacy groups and health-care professionals, saying the treatment of women under the current system is “unacceptable.”
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John / Power Line:
What They Really Think — Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright spoke at a forum in Omsk, Siberia. Pravda reported that her speech “surprised the audience.” No wonder. The Russians in attendance must have wondered how they managed to lose the cold war: … There you have it.
Fox News:
Source: Colo. Man in Suspected NYC Subway Plot Admits Ties to Al Qaeda — The Colorado man under FBI investigation into an alleged New York subway terror plot has admitted he has ties to Al Qaeda and is in negotiations to plead guilty to a terror charge, a source at the Department of Justice told FOX News.
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The Huffington Post:
Joe McGinniss, Palin Critic, Is Frontrunner On eBay For Dinner With Sarah [UPDATED, With Winner] — Earlier this month, I posted on how Ride 2 Recovery, the charity for wounded veterans, was offering one lucky person the chance to win dinner for five with Alaska Governor turned professional …
Nicholas K. Geranios / Associated Press:
Insane killer escapes on field trip to county fair — SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A criminally insane killer from eastern Washington is on the run after escaping during a field trip to the county fair that his mental hospital organized. — Why such a dangerous person was out in public was a question many …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
President presses for financial regulations — Rejuvenating the U.S. economy will not be complete until the government enacts new rules to oversee the financial sector, President Barack Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio address. — A year after the financial crisis that launched …
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The Politico
Bill Maher / The Huffington Post:
New Rule: You can't complain about health care reform if you're not willing to reform your own health. Unlike most liberals, I'm glad all those teabaggers marched on Washington last week. Because judging from the photos, it's the first exercise they've gotten in years.
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Riehl World View
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Massachusetts Bill on Senate Succession Delayed — BOSTON — Republicans in the Massachusetts State Senate on Friday temporarily blocked the chamber from taking up legislation that would allow Gov. Deval Patrick to appoint an interim successor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
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Eamon Javers / The Politico:
Obama's risky ‘Full Ginsburg’ — On Sunday, President Barack Obama will execute what might be called a Modified Full Ginsburg — appearing on five Sunday morning talk shows to make a pitch for health reform. — It's a move few politicians have attempted. Even fewer have been able to stick the landing.
Bruce Bartlett / Forbes:
We Can't Cut Spending — Why? Because the votes aren't there. — Every time I write about the need to raise revenues to pay for federal spending, some nitwit always demands to know why we don't just cut spending. That is not a viable option to deal with our fiscal problem.
Publius / Big Government:
MEDIA MATTERS: 'On Fox, Breitbart bashes CNN's ACORN coverage' — “The behavior of Jonathan Klein, the president of CNN, has been despicable during this.” — MEGYN KELLY (co-host): Joining me now is Andrew Breitbart. He's the founder of the website the video first appeared on.
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