August 13, 2003
Wednesday Reading
Calpundit finds a genuine (no, really) compassionate conservative, and notes that both Dowd and Freidman had something interesting to say today. Dowd regarding campaign weblogs, and Friedman regarding Iraq, without his former protection of rose-colored glasses.
Blah3 points to an article about swarm protesting. Also at Blah3, a few of the reasons that this site, like many others, is now 'fair and balanced.' And why Al Franken's new book is selling like hotcakes.
Daily Howler brings us part 2 and part 3 in a series dissecting the distortion of Al Gore's recent speech, and a patent refusal to talk about its actual contents.
Shock and Awe discusses violence in Afghanistan.
Over at I Protest, Frank links to a story about yet another Iraqi family shot to pieces at a checkpoint, with the father and two daughters left to bleed to death in their car while military personnel refused to allow medical assistance. Also, diamond manufacturing comes of age, possibly providing the semiconductors of the future.
Ampersand discusses some rare good news on the subject of prison rape, and an essay about what egalitarianism really means.
Brad DeLong 'cheers' our job-loss recovery, and finds that the Bush administration has led even WSJ writers to banging their heads against walls in frustration.
Atrios on religious freedom a la Bob Novak, and the truly outrageous case of a comic book store employee convicted of selling an adult comic book to another adult.
Frog N' Blog finds actual reporting at the WND on the subject of the HR guy who overrode the military's unease over claiming that Iraq was developing nuclear capability.
DailyKos discusses the new Republican push against gay marriage, and mentions the deaths of 4 more US soldiers.
BuzzFlash: A repost of their fair and balanced interview with Al Franken. The DemocracyNow interview with J.H. Hatfield, the now deceased (suicide) author of 'Fortunate Son', a Bush biography. Link to a Bush protest group in Seattle. A mainstream news story about the dengerous game the White House played in outing a CIA agent. Molly Ivins talks about all the exercise that American credulity is getting. A retired teacher has been fined for being a human shield, and is refusing to pay.
Guardian: Russia and China are offering security guarantees to North Korea, proving that virtually anyone is better at diplomacy than a neocon. Roy Hattersley maintains that whatever the outcome of the inquiry into Dr. Kelly's death, it's clear that if the public had known then what they know now, Britain could not have gone to war. Also, the US and EU take a step forward in reaching common ground on agricultural policy.
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