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Sourcing Bob Woodward, Since He Won’t

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Redstate compares the way Bob Woodward reported an interview with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with the transcript of said interview as released by the Department of Defense, and concludes: "Mr. Woodward is a serial modifier who selectively isolates statements, ...
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Critics Fear National Heritage Area Would Threaten Property Rights

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The AP has a nice story on the "Journey Through Hallowed Ground" proposed National Heritage Area today: Objections are coming from several sources over a proposal for a 175-mile National Heritage Area extending from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to Monticello...Virginia Congressman Frank ...
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Details, Details

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PostWatch says the Washington Post left out at least two important details in its Saturday story about a British coroner's charge that the U.S. military committed a war crime in Iraq. Details that may be exculpatory. Addendum: Based on this ...
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Secretly Testing Politicians for Drug Use

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Any bets on how long it is before ABC's Brian Ross tries this? If not Ross, then some other journalist. And we can expect PACs and political parties to do it to their opponents. Now that the genie's out of ...
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Peer-Reviewed?

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Next time you see the phrase "peer-reviewed journal," consider the fact that the guy in this video is the top editor of one of the most respected ones. Yikes. Hat tip: Asymmetrical Information. Addendum, 10/15/06: Tim Blair has strong thoughts ...
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Mass Delusion

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From Redstate: On October 22, 1844, more than 50,000 of the approximately 18 million Americans gathered in homes and chapels across what was then America. Many had sold or given away all of their possessions because they were convinced they ...
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Stop Bleeding in Seconds?

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Interesting science discovery: A substance that "looks exactly like water but when applied directly onto injured tissue it halts bleeding." Significant potential benefits for medicine, obviously. Hat tip: Greenie Watch ...
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True Blue Mutual Fund IDs “Progressive” Companies

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Can a mutual fund have a political persuasion? Apparently so. Senior Fellow Tom Borelli (who also happens to be affiliated with a pro-freedom mutual fund, the Free Enterprise Action Fund) has shared with me a new development in the mutal ...
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Censoring Climate Change, the Stormtrooper Way

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The staffer at Grist magazine has retracted his statement that those of us unconvinced of the wisdom of the full range of policy prescriptions argued for by Al Gore et al on climate should be subjected to Nuremberg-style trials. I ...
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Peter Beinart Says Spending Hasn’t Exploded; David Hogberg Differs

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David Hogberg sent this over: I noticed this in an article in The New Republic by Peter Beinart about discretionary spending under President Bush: To listen to Bush's critics, you would think that discretionary, nonsecurity-related spending has exploded on his ...
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