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Supercop Dupnik: There must be a lesson about Rush Limbaugh somewhere in this...
Nuance. As annoyed as you are at this tool for being a ludicrous political hack and a disgrace to his office, please do understand that he’s inadvertently a huge asset to conservatives. Just watch him...
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Barbara Walters: I can’t shake the feeling that this isn’t Sarah Palin’s fault
Blame. Via the Daily Caller, it’s depressing that we have to give Barbara credit for making an exceedingly rudimentary point — namely, that it might be hard to fully comprehend the motives of a guy...
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Obama might give speech about “greater context” of Arizona shootings. What...
Gulp. He’s handled it well thus far, actually, by keeping things low key. But alas, my friends, alas. Mr. Obama was considering delivering a speech about the greater context surrounding the shooting,...
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Quotes of the day
Scapegoats. “Palin didn’t respond to an email Sunday afternoon. Her advisers are furious that she’s being linked to the tragedy, but recognize the delicacy of the situation and are trying to assess how...
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Obamateurism of the Day
Above his pay grade? Remember when Barack Obama said he would apply a “singular focus” on the economy in the new year? Two weeks later, we can see the fruits of this concentration by The Smartest...
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Video: Debating “extremist rhetoric” on Al-Jazeera
Assumptions. Yesterday I made my first appearance on Al-Jazeera’s English-language channel to discuss the Tucson massacre and the attempt to pin the blame on Sarah Palin and the “heated rhetoric,...
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Poll: 57% of Americans don’t buy media spin on Tucson massacre
Only 42% of Democrats buying it. CBS polled almost 700 adults in the wake of the mass murder in Tucson committed by Jared Lee Loughner to determine whether the media spin that the shooting of Rep....
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DeLay gets three years for money laundering, racketeering
Going easy? A judge in Texas sentenced former House Majority Leader Tom Delay to three years in prison after a November conviction for money laundering and racketeering. Delay’s attorney vowed that...
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Is it time for a national debate on the mentally ill?
Maybe. Give some credit to The New Republic. For the most part, they have eschewed the evidence-free festival of demonization the past three days after the mass murder in Tucson that left six dead and...
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Halperin: Hey, why did conservatives defend themselves from being smeared?
"Back at their war stations." Say, isn’t the phrase “war stations” a use of violent imagery? I’m just sayin’ …. “I think the media and the politicians have behaved pretty well so far”? The normally...
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Wage cuts steepest since the Depression?
Recessionary squeeze on labor. The continued high rate of unemployment has made labor a buyer’s market, and the effect on price has been predictable — and substantial. The Wall Street Journal reports...
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Doctors give Giffords “100% chance” of survival
Today is critical day. This may be the best news we’ll hear all day. Doctors are so pleased with the progress of Gabrielle Giffords that the trauma specialist in charge of her care gives her a “100%...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Andrew Malcolm
3 pm ET! Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we welcome the Prince of Twitter and LA Times blogger AndrewMalcolm for our weekly Tuesdays with Andrew discussion of media and politics! We’ll...
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Dems to vote against credit-limit hike?
Responsibility. Remember last week when refusing to support a raise in the debt-limit ceiling was called “deeply irresponsible” by the Obama administration? Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner made that...
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Media misses a good opportunity to keep quiet
A French lesson. In my latest column for The Week, I recall the observation made by Jacques Chirac in February 2003 that the eastern European nations “missed a good opportunity to keep quiet.” The...
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Video: Only one way to rescue Social Security
Ponzi scheme outcomes. Cato’s Dan Mitchell gives another video primer on the crisis facing Social Security and the dearth of real options for reform for the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, and it’s...
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King to introduce gun-restriction legislation in response to Tucson shooting
Would it have helped? Rep. Peter King, a Republican from New York, will introduce legislation that will make it a federal crime to carry a firearm within 1,000 feet of federal officeholders and judges...
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Newsweek: DHS tried to warn us about attacks from right-wing extremists,...
Pictured: Right-wing extremist. The title of the piece, printed above a photo of Loughner’s home and the now famous crazy-eyes mugshot: “The Missed Warning Signs.” Am I awake? Two years before the...
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Rahm Emanuel: Actually, it’s entirely appropriate to let this crisis go to waste
Perspective. Via the Standard, I’m happy to assume that this is heartfelt, although of course no other answer is possible politically. We’ll see tomorrow how well his former boss does in taking his...
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Exclusive: Pawlenty addresses Palin-attack story
"I think she has gotten unfairly criticized." Earlier today, the media reported on a supposed dust-up between Tim Pawlenty and Sarah Palin over the controversial use of “crosshairs” symbols on her...
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