Hot Air, tonight, has a series of links up about a recent NY Times article on abortion which included a bit about about a woman who was serving 30 years in a prison in El Salvador for getting an

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Eric Florack on December 31st, 2006

UNder an AP headline reading: At Least 80 Iraqis Killed in Post-Saddam Execution Violence …note a picture of gunmen toting weapons in an undated picture taken, apparently in Baqouba.  The image of increased violence thus seared, seared, mind you… into

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Eric Florack on December 30th, 2006

saddam_2part_graphic_head1.jpgAs I indicated last evening, I’m not overly happy, on an instinctive level, with the amount of attention being paid to the death of Saddam Hussein, thinking that it gives the man far more attention than he deserves.  From

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Eric Florack on December 29th, 2006

What really mattered was whether an Iraq freed from his death grip could hold him accountable in a way that nurtured hope for a better future. A carefully conducted, scrupulously fair trial could have helped undo some of the damage

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davidl on December 29th, 2006

The MSM media loves tyrants and moonbats. Two of their favorites are Hugo Chavez(tyrant) and Cindy Sheehan(moonbat), pictured together.

First to the tyrant, the BBC is reporting “Chavez to shut down opposition TV :” 

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has

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Eric Florack on December 24th, 2006

Hewett, this morning, points to a WaPo article, and suggests they’re helping Hillary Clinton and Obama clear the primary field of all opposition.

I don’t know as that’s the intent… though I wouldn’t put it past them, and frankly,

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Eric Florack on December 20th, 2006

The way we write affects both style and substance. The loquacious formulations of late Henry James, for instance, owe in part to his arthritis, which made longhand impossible, and instead he dictated his writing to a secretary. In this aspect,

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Eric Florack on December 15th, 2006

Shaun Kenny:

 

If you are a Virginia blogger, chances are that the Webb campaign has an opposition research book on you. Bloggers that made the cut include Chad Dotson, Jim Hoeft, Ben Tribbett, Waldo Jaquith, Josh

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The Radio Equalizer, this morning, hosts a list of idiots who are still trying to prop up the monetary black hole that is known as “Air America”.  he seems to be amazed by the number of idiots that are

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Eric Florack on December 3rd, 2006

Jules Crittenden at The Boston Herald this morning:

When a company defrauds its customers, or delivers shoddy goods, the customers sooner or later are going to take their business elsewhere. But if that company has a virtual monopoly, and offers

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Eric Florack on November 30th, 2006

So, now we see the results of the Iraq study commission:

WASHINGTON —AP– A leader of a bipartisan commission on U.S. options in Iraq said the group has agreed on a set of recommendations due next week, and published reports

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Eric Florack on November 30th, 2006

As an update to my comments on Captain Ed’s post on Newt and ‘free speech’, yesterday… I note Andy McCarthy over at The Corner

Captain Ed offers an uncharacteristically overwrought analysis of Newt Gingrich’s sensible argument that the current threat

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Eric Florack on November 29th, 2006

Hoystory looks at this bit with NBC unilaterally deciding Iraq is in a Civil war, and asks a question I don’t think I’ve seen elsewhere:

The closest comparison to Iraq that I can think of — and it was less

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Eric Florack on November 29th, 2006

Look, let’s stipulate up front that Glenn Greenwald’s connections to the real world are tenuous at best. But this morning comes one of the finer demonstrations of such:

It really is astonishing to observe as the media fabricates some storyline

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Eric Florack on November 26th, 2006

PowerLine:

During this year’s political campaign, Republicans accused the Democrats of having no ideas other than opposition to whatever President Bush is for. To counter that perception, Nancy Pelosi announced a legislative program the centerpieces of which were raising the

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