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Bruce Bartlett / Capital Gains and Games blogs:
Remembering Irving Kristol — I didn't know Irving Kristol well, but I knew him for a long time. There are many people who can say the same thing. He was the central figure in the post-Watergate revival of conservatism and the Republican Party. Sadly, the “movement” that he created, neoconservatism, is pretty well dead.
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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.
John Podhoretz / Commentary:
Irving Kristol, 1920-2009 — The intellectual and political life …
Irving Kristol, 1920-2009 — The intellectual and political life …
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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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Barry Gewen / New York Times:
Irving Kristol, Godfather of Conservatism, Dies
Irving Kristol, Godfather of Conservatism, Dies
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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
WATCH: CNN's Sanchez Slams Fox ‘News’: ‘You Lie!’ — Some must-see video here. CNN's Rich Sanchez stood up for his news organization on air today, against Fox “News” after they ran an add today in the Washington Post alleging that CNN didn't cover Glenn Beck's political rally last week in D.C.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
G.O.P. Checks for a Pulse, and Finds One — WASHINGTON — Less than a year after an election that nearly wiped them out politically, conservatives are showing signs of life. — They are still searching for new leaders and new ideas. Their victories have been more about taking advantage …
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 …
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David S. Hilzenrath / Washington Post:
Papers Show Insurers Limited Coverage for Acne, Pregnancy — A proposal to make preexisting health conditions irrelevant in the sale of insurance policies could help not just the seriously ill but also people who might consider themselves healthy, documents released Friday by a California-based advocacy group illustrate.
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NY Daily News:
Sources: Zazi looking to cut deal in terror probe — The Afghan national at the center of a reputed Al Qaeda terror cell probe was trying to cut a deal Friday after two days of FBI grilling, sources told the Daily News. — Lawyers for Najibullah Zazi, 25, were negotiating with federal officials …
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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 …
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama's first dance at the U.N. — Tom DeLay may be Dancing with the Stars, but it's President Barack Obama who'll need some fancy footwork next week as he tries to dodge the dictators during his first-ever visit to the United Nations. — Stung by GOP criticism of his Hugo Chavez grip-and-grin in April …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
A Team Player Who Stands Apart — Tension Between Leading or Blending In Marks Clinton's Tenure at State — With the exception of former senator Edmund S. Muskie's brief turn as secretary of state at the end of the Carter administration, Hillary Rodham Clinton is the first politician …
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 …
John / Power Line:
Are You A Racist? — These days it's hard to tell. If you think government-run medicine is a bad thing, former President Jimmy Carter and many other Democrats say you're most likely a racist. So Missourah.com explains everything in this handy chart; click to enlarge:
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 …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Media Matters: This right-wing frenzy is reminiscent of Dallas 1963 — Uh huh. And we all remember what happened when a certain radical right-winger — who defected to the Soviet Union, married a Russian woman, and tried to assassinate a far-right anti-communist American general — got JFK in the crosshairs in Dallas.