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8:10 AM ET, May 16, 2011

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The Atlantic Online:
How to Understand the Golan Heights Demonstrations  —  Palestinian demonstrators, marking the date of the largely self-inflicted dispossession in 1948 called “the nakba” (largely self-inflicted" because the Arabs rejected the U.N. partition plan for Palestine, attacked the just-born Jewish state …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Abu Muqawama / cnas.org:
Just Another Sunday in the Levant
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Associated Press:
IDF: Unrest along Israel's northern borders bears Iran's ‘fingerprints’
Discussion: Haaretz, Hot Air and Israel Matzav
David Carr / New York Times:
How Drudge Has Stayed on Top  —  For most big news Web sites, about 60 percent of the traffic is homegrown, people who come directly to the site by dint of a bookmark or typing in www.latimes.com or www.huffingtonpost.com.  The other critical 40 percent comes by referrals …
Kim Willsher / Guardian:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces further claim of sexual assault  —  Socialist party official says her daughter was left traumatised after alleged attack by Strauss-Kahn in 2002  —  By this time next year, Dominique Strauss-Kahn might well have been president of France.
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Gay CNN Anchor Sees Risk in Book  —  Don Lemon, the weekend prime-time anchor for CNN, was on the air on Sunday night this month when the news broke that President Obama would address the nation at the unusual hour of 10:30 p.m.  —  By the time the news network was confirming the reports …
Andrew Stiles / National Review:
Newt Tacks Left, Slams Ryan's Medicare Plan  —  Newt Gingrich's appearance on “Meet the Press” today could leave some wondering which party's nomination he is running for.  The former speaker had some harsh words for Paul Ryan's (and by extension, nearly every House Republican's) plan to reform Medicare, calling it “radical.”
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich Blasts House GOP's Medicare Plan
Discussion: American Spectator and AmSpecBlog
John / Power Line:
A Verdict on Obama's “Stimulus” Plan  —  Economists Timothy Conley and Bill Dupor have studied the effects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the purported stimulus bill) with great rigor.  Earlier this week, they reported their findings in a paper titled “The American Recovery …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Charles Hoskinson / The Politico:
Gates: Obama made a ‘gutsy’ call  —  President Barack Obama made a “very gutsy call” to send Navy SEALs into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden, outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview broadcast Sunday.  —  “I worked for a lot of these guys.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Dan Barry / New York Times:
A Sports Executive Leaves the Safety of His Shadow Life  —  Last month, in a Midtown office adorned with sports memorabilia, two longtime friends met for a private talk.  David Stern, the commissioner of the National Basketball Association, sipped his morning coffee, expecting to be asked for career advice.
Andy Barr / The Politico:
President Obama polls well despite jobs fears  —  Despite widespread disapproval of Barack Obama's handling of the economy, more than half of Americans approve of the president and are open to reelecting him.  —  The economy and government spending stand as the dominant issues on the minds …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and The Page
Paul Ryan / Chicago Tribune:
The budget debate we all deserve  —  Despite Washington coming to grips with the fact that the debt threat is real, policymakers still are not having the debate Americans deserve.  —  The talk is too often restricted to “shared sacrifice.”  This sets up a debate where we are really just arguing …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Ron Paul Calls Social Security and Medicare Unconstitutional, Compares Them to ‘Slavery’  —  Appearing on Fox News Sunday this morning, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) defended his longstanding view that Medicare, Social Security (and pretty much everything else) violate the Constitution.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Nursing Homes Seek Exemptions From Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — It is an oddity of American health care: Many nursing homes and home care agencies do not provide health insurance to their workers, or they pay wages so low that employees cannot afford the coverage that is offered.  —  The numbers are stark.
Discussion: Providence Journal and The Caucus
 
 
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