Based on these internal e-mails, it looks like some editors at the Washington Post dead tree edition aren't very happy that the web version of the Post is doing well. The web version, apparently, is outside their control. It's also ...
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On October 21, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) shared on the Senate floor a summary of a diary kept by a constituent who observed serious command and control problems during Hurricane Katrina relief operations: Mr. President, I rise to discuss the ...
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Mark Tapscott is covering the Senate reaction to Tom Coburn's anti-pork amendments, while Power Line reports that Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) is threatening Senators who vote against pork. At about the same time as the Senate vote, a new "Stop ...
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Fred Barnes had to know his criticism of conservative Bush critics as "in some ways childish" (especially as he had it published in a conservative journal and declined to back up the insult with examples), would create at least a ...
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Miscellaneous notes about blogs and bloggers... ProfessorBainbridge has been my #1 blogger of choice on the Supreme Court nominations. Today he's got an interesting debate going with David Limbaugh over the question: Does the Constitution require the Senate to reject ...
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The National Center's environment and regulatory staff is calling on all states to adopt policies to prohibit governments from taking private property for economic development or to increase tax revenue. Says Peyton Knight: One man's blight is another man's castle ...
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On October 20, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) addressed the issue of excessive federal spending: Mr. President, I have offered a second-degree amendment that deals with a subject that has been on everyone's mind. It has been in every newspaper in ...
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It will come as no surprise to anyone to hear that I am not a member of the Harriet Miers confirmation team. That said, I think the column critical of Miers Dick Morris wrote for today's Hill newspaper, in which ...
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Adding to the sexism, elitism, faith, and threat cards in the White House arsenal, comes the "far right" card. Speaking in support of Harriet Miers on Tucker Carlson's MSNBC show last night was Brad Blakeman, described by Carlson as "a ...
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For those who may be interested, here's a PDF copy of the letter that Senators Arlen Specter and Patrick Leahy, respresenting the judiciary Committee, sent to Harriet Miers today, asking, in Specter's words, "many, many questions." To follow is a ...
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