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July 2004

7-22-2004

 

Yellowcake twists By Jack Kelly, Washington Times

Indefensible expedience  Op-Ed, Washington Times

The Lies of the "Bush Lied" Crowd By Michael Barone , Townhall.com

Intel Probes Prove Bush, Blair Weren't Fibbing - John O'Sullivan, Chicago ST

The UN, Al-Tuwaitha, and Nukes By Douglas Hanson, The American Thinker

PARTISAN MISTAKE By John Podhoretz, NY Post

Warner: New Report Backs Iraq WMD Claims By APARNA H. KUMAR, AP

U.S. Workers Forced to Fund Politics They Disagree With - Ron Nehring, WSJ

The Sixteen Words, Again - Washington Post

Is Sandy Berger Telling the Truth? - Tony Blankley, Washington Times

The Election Debate Behind the Documents-in-Pants Caper - Wall Street Journal

Democrats worry big media threaten democracy  WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter)

Bonus!!

 

Dutch Debate - Despite a challenge, the evidence stands: Marriage is in decline in the Netherlands.  By Stanley Kurtz

Dupes 'R' Us  - Caught on the wrong side of the facts, Joe Wilson now blames the reporters he spoke with. Are these journalists going to fall on their swords for politics?
By Matthew Continetti, NRO

Sloppy Berger By George Neumayr , American Spectator

Fence Construction Will Continue Until Terror Stops, Israel Says By Julie Stahl, CNSNews.com

Candidates Ignore 'Security Moms,' at Their Peril - Michelle Malkin, USA Today

Crippling Innovation -- And Intelligence - Michael Wertheimer, Washington Post

Why Bush Must Be Re-elected By Edward I. Koch, newsmax.com

Why Americans Are Unhappy By John LeBoutillier, newsmax.com

Turning TaleBy Martin Peretz, TNR Online

 

7-21-2004

 

The 'Bush Lied' folks can't be taken seriously By Michael Barone, townhall.com

A disgraceful ruling  Op-Ed, Washington Times

Truth, Consequences of Kerry's 'Liberal' Label By John F. Harris, Washington Post

ARMING CHINA By PETER BROOKES, NY Post

Sixteen Truthful Words By WILLIAM SAFIRE, NY Times

Where's The Media Now That Bush May Have Been Right? - R. Benedetto, USAT

Trial Lawyers Versus Surgeons - Suzanne Fields, Washington Times

Go Ahead, Call Us Cowboys - Andrew Kleinfeld and Judith Kleinfeld, WSJ/TAE

Clinton adviser probed for taking terror files - Berger 'removed highly classified documents' during preps or 9-11 Commission hearings  WND

The Discovery of Iran - Are you sitting down? Iran is a terrorist state.  By Michael Ledeen, NRO

Had Enough? - The U.N. handicaps Israel, along with the rest of us.By Anne Bayefsky, NRO

Media Watchdog Expands Effort to Discredit Conservatives By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com

BONUS!!

 

The Straw That Broke the Donkey’s Back By Hunter Baker, American Spectator

The French Prescription By Jed Babbin, American Spectator

Kerry's (Latest) Position on the War on Terror By Joel Mowbray, FrontPageMagazine.com

 

7-19-2004

 

The `Plame' Truth: That Joe Wilson Lied - Boston Herald

Why Does the World Hate Israel? By Herbert London, townhall.com

Daily terror diet By Arnaud de Borchgrave, Washington Times

1998 Memo Cited Suspected Hijack Plot by Bin Laden  By Susan Schmidt, Washington Post

AMERICAN HEROES  OP-Ed, NY Post

 Iraq Uranium Claim Gets Some Support By KEN GUGGENHEIM, AP

Keep Your Beliefs, But Forfeit Your Indignation - Doug MacEachern, AZ Republic

Kerry's Separation of Belief and Public Policy - Russ Pulliam, Indianapolis Star

Kerry's Deficit Woes - LawrenceKudlow, New York Post

With Pen and Sweat, Brokers Push Iraq Stock Exchange to New Highs By Tarek El-TablawyAssociated Press

Court of Injustice; UN Judges Issue a License to Kill By Clifford D. May, Scripps Howard News Service

WILSON LIED, KIDS DIED! By Ann Coulter

7-18-2004

 

Abuse of Power - Mindy Belz, World Magazine

Al-Qaeda Wins One in the War on Terror - Boston Herald

Bush Still Right On Iraq - Ed Koch & PeterKing, New York Post

Press loath to tell rest of Wilson story - When diplomat's report is disputed, headlines vanish By Dave Kopel, Rocky Mountain News

Kerry's skewed priorities  Op-Ed, Washington Times

IRAN GAVE 9/11 PLOT KEY BOOST By CLEMENTE LISI, NY Post

Love America or love to hate America? By Neil Cavuto, townhall.com

"A Little Literary Flair"  - From the July 26, 2004 issue: Joe Wilson wasn't a truth-teller. By Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard

The Missing Link - What the Senate report really says about Iraq and al Qaeda. By Stephen F. Hayes, Weekly Standard

French Schools - Islamist Lessons By Stephen Brown, FrontPageMagazine.com

The ICJ vs. Israel By Charles Krauthammer, townhall.com

How a Serial Liar Suckered Dems and the Media - Mark Steyn, Chicago ST

7-17-2004

 

BUSH (& BLAIR) WIN AGAIN  Op-Ed, NY Post

Winning the War By Jamie Glazov, FrontPageMagazine.com

Eleven-Year-Old Patriot By Lisa Makson, FrontPageMagazine.com

Exploiting America’s Dead By Joel Mowbray, FrontPageMagazine.com

What would Kerry do? By Mona Charen, townhall.com

Terror in the Skies -- Again? By Annie Jacobsen, WomensWallStreet.com

No Commander in Chief - Peter Huessy, Washington Times

U.S., World Clearly Are Safer - Condoleezza Rice, USA Today

Kerry Sets Test for Iraq Withdrawal - Candidate Seems Unlikely To Commit to Terminating Presence of U.S. Troops By JOHN HARWOOD and JACOB M. SCHLESINGER , THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Doing an Atwater on Kerry - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post

'Yellowcake' and Black Marks - Washington Times

A Bush League NAACP Move - Robert George, New York Post

BONUS!!

 

The 9/11 Commission and the Connection - From the July 26, 2004 issue: Did al Qaeda and Iraq have a "collaborative relationship"? By William Kristol, Weekly Standard

Silver lining in Iraqi clouds By Jack Kelly, Washington Time

WHERE SANCTIONS FAILED By NICOLE GELINAS, NY Post

 

July 16, 2004

 

Kerry Is No War Hero, Say Vietnam Comrades By Robert B. Bluey, CNSNews.com

Biters Bit - The liberators did not lie.By Andrew Apostolou, NRO

Waiting for the All-Clear - Defusing bombs is dangerous work.  By Jona Goldberg, NRO

Teresa’s Taxes - Mrs. Kerry is filthy rich. Why is her taxable income so small?  By Donald Luskin, NRO

Surrendering to the Global Jihad By Robert Spencer, FrontPageMagazine.com

Knight Ridder Gets It Wrong -  The news service giant puts words in the president's mouth and then looks the other way on connections between Iraq and al Qaeda. By Stephen F. Hayes

What John Kerry's America will look like By Ben Shapiro, townhall.com

Can Kerry fix Europe? By Tony Blankley, townhall.com

Cheney Was Right - John Podhoretz, New York Post

Wilson Contradictions Leave Democrats Speechless - Robert Novak, Chicago ST

Time to Apologize to President Bush - Washington Times

The Patriot Act is Working - Richard Schwartz, NY Daily News

BONUS!!!!!

 

Saddam statues are melted downFORT HOOD, Texas (AP)

AOL's Instant Message Robot a Bush Basher By Dawn Rizzoni, CNSNews.com

Civil Rights Panel Poised to Discuss Senate 'Memogate' Affair By Robert B. Bluey, CNSNews.com

Americans Can Decide Who the Real Liars Are - Wall Street Journal

The Same Anti-American U.N. - Investor's Business Daily

Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction  By The Rt Hon The Lord Butler of Brockwell KG GCB CVO

APB for Joe Wilson - When you pound Bush, you’re hot. When you’re exposed as a liar, you’re not.  By Tim Graham, NRO

Shoot to Sell - Knopf’s tangos with presidential assassination.  By Mark W. Davis, NRO

Wilson contradictions leave Democrat senators speechless BY ROBERT NOVAK,  SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

 

7-15-2004

New POV - Kerry betrays his Oath of Office

Hillary, Top Dems Still Would Have Voted for War By Dave Eberhart, NewsMax.com

Philippines Says Iraq Troops to Be Pulled By RAVI NESSMAN, AP

Blackout Hits Athens Month Before Olympics By PATRICK QUINN, AP

Edwards, Kerry Smile While Moore & Gore Stoke 'Bush Hatred' - M. Kondracke

A Report From Iraq 2.0 - David Ignatius, Washington Post

The Truth About Canada's Ailing Health-Care System - R. Cihak, Seattle Times

Joe Wilson Blows His Cover - Clifford May, National Review

Reporters Sound Like Kerry Cheerleaders - Brendan Miniter, Wall St. Journal

Annan attacks US over AIDS funds  BBC

NAACP chief calls black conservatives 'puppets'    By Steve Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Advertisements Will Urge Kerry and Edwards to Resign By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com

Australia Boosts Troop Numbers in Iraq, Sends Message to Coalition and Critics  By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com

BONUS!!

 

Alleged Terror Threat Operates in DC Suburb By Scott Wheeler, CNSNews.com

The Reality of Saddam’s Threat - The U.S. could not have delayed dealing with Saddam Hussein.By David B. Rivkin Jr. & Lee A. Casey, NRO

Marriage Matters - Why? & FAQ.  By Maggie Gallagher, NRO

Two Johns, Two Positions - What’s the Dems’ position on Iraq?  By Rich Lowery, NRO

No Open Book - The U.N. must make its Oil-for-Food records public.  By Claudia Rosett, NRO

 

7/13/2004

 

Contempt of Court By Jed Babbin, American Spectator

Additional Views  - Jay Rockefeller takes the president to task for using faulty intelligence in making the case for war. But what did Rockefeller say back in 2002?  By Stephen F. Hayes

Anti-Semitic attack against woman in Paris draws criticism By ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press

A New Look at Bush's "16 Words" By Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe

Israel's Right to Self-Defense By Alan M. Dershowitz, The Jerusalem Post

Running on Urban Mythology - Before Kerry plays the race card, he should check the facts in his deck. By Peter Kirsanow

Senate Intel Report Goes According to Anti-Bush Plan  Newsmax.com

A movement in denial By Mark Steyn, Washington Times

Preventing a U.N. whitewash  Op-Ed, Washington Times

AN INSULT TO AMERICA  Op-Ed, NY Post

Fury at anarchist convention threat - 'These hard-core groups are looking to take us on. They have increased their level of violence.' - Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly By By PATRICE O'SHAUGHNESSY, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Blix's testimony to the Security Council, RAY SUAREZ, Interview with Dr. Blix  12/19/2002

BONUS!!

 

THE SECURITY COUNCIL, 27 JANUARY 2003:AN UPDATE ON INSPECTION, Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, Dr. Hans Blix

Election Paranoia Rampant on Left - Doug MacEachern, ArizonaRepublic

7-12-2004

 

Veteran gets rude welcome on Bainbridge By ROBERT L. JAMIESON Jr., SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER

Amoral Hazard By Shawn Macomber, American Spectator

The Party of National Insecurity By George Neumayr, American Spectator

The UN to Try Americans? By Thomas Kilgannon,Washington Times

“Ignoring Terror” Tandem By Joel Mowbray, FrontPageMagazine.com

Rethinking The Reagan Years - How I learned to stop protesting and love Reagan.By Joe R. Hicks, NRO

The John-John bump By Larry Kudlow, townhall.com

Edwards Makes Little Difference in Polls By WILL LESTER, AP

American lawyer for Saddam Hussein seeks U.S. Supreme Court intervention  AP

Of 'Lies' and WMD - Wall Street Journal

Appeasement - Michael Barone, Townhall

Kerry's (Silent) Vision - Sebastian Mallaby, Washington Post

BONUS!!

 

Reporters Aren't Just Liberal - They're Fanatical - Orson Scott Card, WSJ

Iraqi security forces show early successes By Thanassis Cambanis, Boston Globe

7-11-2004

New POV Today!

Bush still wins Florida in newspaper recount CNN April 4, 2001

NASA REPORTS FINDINGS ON IMPACT OF SEVERE SOLAR STORMS...  nasa

Much of World More Peaceful Thanks to Bush - Jonathan Power, Boston Globe

Edwards' Message Could Destroy Kerry - Fred Barnes, Wall Street Journal

So Much For 'Bush Lied' - John Podhoretz, New York Post

Believing in Bush’s Perfidy - James Lileks, The Bleat

Crude Jokes, Insults OK With Kerry Camp - Boston Herald

Inside John Edwards' Wallet - Washington Times

Sometimes Life’s Choices Are Simple - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

Blixful Amnesia - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

Philippines to Pull Troops From Iraq By OLIVER TEVES, AP

The 9/10 Democrats - The Bush campaign must remind Americans that the Iraq war was no mistake--that the case for the war was and is compelling, and that it used to be bipartisan. By William Kristol, Weekly Standard

BONUS!!

 

"The Unvarnished Facts"  - Carl Levin distorts and exaggerates intelligence on the Iraq-al Qaeda connection. The Bush administration was careful with its words, the Michigan senator is not. By Stephen F. Hayes, Weekly Standard

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM: THE RIGHT WAR ANYWAY  Op-Ed, NY Post

Kerry's Lead in College Student Poll Questioned by GOP Group By Nathan Burchfiel, CNSNews.com

Senate Stalemate on Class Action Reform Disappoints Business Leaders By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com

7-9-2004

 

1.4 million petitions to flood U.S. Senate - 'Unless we protect and defend marriage in law, our nation will face grim social consequences' wnd

Weapons of Mass Distortion - The coming meltdown of the liberal media.  By L. Brent Bozell III, NRO

The Anti-Growth Ticket - On torts, trade, and taxes, Kerry and Edwards will do big damage. By Larry Kudlow, NRO

Trouble in South Dakota . . . . . . for Tom Daschle. Local bloggers are going to make his reelection fight tougher.  By Hugh Hewitt, weeklystandard.com

Michael Moore, Hezbollah Heartthrob By Clifford D. May, townhall.com

Just Your Average Democratic Donors By Michelle Malkin, Townhall.com

Islamist Democracy? By MEMRI, MEMRI.org

Edwards Surges Ahead of Kerry on Democratic Ticket By Steve Hornbeck, American Spectator

The F/A-22 Raptor Must Fly By Michael Fumento, American Spectator

Religion of Hate By Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder, American Spectator

Michael Moore Dreams of 'Regime Change' in Australia, Italy, Japan... By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com

Ranking Republican Challenges Kerry on Middle East Oil Campaign Promise By Melanie Hunter, CNSNews.com

BONUS!!

 

Jobless Claims Lowest Since October 2000 By Roch Hammond, CNSNews.com

AP Poll: Bush Gains Slight Lead Over Kerry By RON FOURNIER, myway.com

Economics chasm between By Richard W. Rahn, Washington times

Senate battles put Democratic pair on the spot By Susan Milligan, Boston Globe

Iran considers options over demands on nuke program - 'We might escalate ... if Europe does'By Cilina Nasser , Daily Star

Court: fence violates int'l law, must be dismantled By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent

7-8-2004

 

Iran lawmakers seek uranium enriched again By Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press

Tehran's contemptuous response  Op-Ed, Washington Times

Mexicans Disrupt Marine's Funeral By Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post

Torture: Thinking About the Unthinkable - Andrew McCarthy, Commentary

Cosby's Comments Cut Deep - Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe

Iran Got Tough – Blair Just Crumpled - Mark Steyn, Daily Telegraph

Body Politic Will Reject 'Charisma Transplant' By WILLIAM SAFIRE, NY Times

Why the French Act Isn't Funny Anymore - Charles Krauthammer, Time
 

Edwards' Trail Lawyer Friends Could Spell Trouble - Dick Morris, NY Post

Why Did Kerry Pick Edwards? - Wall Street Journal

The congressmen who want U.N. observers in U.S. vote - 9 representatives appeal to Kofi Annan for intervention in presidential election  WND

Kerry pick will fill charisma gap: VP pick Edwards hits trail running
By Andrew Miga and Dave Wedge, Boston Herald

BONUS!!

 

OPERATION TIGER CLAW -- DEBRIEFING

Bush Got it Right, Moore Gets it Wrong - Stanley Crouch, NY Daily News

What Bill Clinton Left Out of His Memoir - Kenneth Starr, Wall Street Journal

Media Continues to Campaign Against Success in Iraq - IBD

John Edwards' Bursting Media Bubble - Charles Paul Freund, Reason

Taxpayer Watchdog Gives Kerry-Edwards A Failing Grade By Susan Jones, CNSNews.com

7-6-2004

 

Kerry says he believes life starts at conception By Jonathan Finer, The Washington Post

I Love My Party But Hate What It Has Become - Zell Miller, Atlanta JC

A Chilling Iraqi Terror Tape - Michael Ware, Time

Well, I've Seen It, and Done It' - Joseph Galloway, Miami Herald

Use of Human Embryos Defies Any Moral Justification - R. Burke, St. Louis PD

Swaying Media About an Iraq-Al Qaeda Link - Dennis Byrne, Chicago Tribune

Teachers concerned for science education By Ben Feller, AP

89 percent of Iraqis support government UPI

Scalia scores court activism By Gina Holland, ASSOCIATED PRESS

In Montana, Gas Drilling Hits a Rare Roadblock By Blaine Harden, Washington Post

The Test Ahead for America By Karl Zinsmeister, FrontPageMagazine.com

The Present Global Culture War By Herbert London, townhall.com

BONUS!!

 

Rising tide, sinking ship By Jack Kemp, townhall.com

I've had it with those French By Bill O’Reilly, NY Daily News

7-5-2004

 

A Realistic Path in Iraq - Senator John F. Kerry, Washington Post

Kerry's Mistakes - Debra Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle

Defeating terrorism By Ed Feulner, Washington Times

Iraqi stock exchange bets on future success - over 500 million shares traded on new bourse's 1st dayBy Agence France Presse (AFP)

The Alternative to U.S. "Unilateralism" and "Hegemony" is Catastrophe - WSJ

Democrats and Michael Moore - Michael Barone, US News & World Report

Iraq’s Unintended Consequences - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek

The “Iraq Was a Mistake” Canard - Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution

Cosby's Tough Words Need Deeds to Follow - Boston Herald

How Media Continue to Get Iraq Wrong - Eric Johnson, New York Pos

U.S. Soldiers Must Fight Media War, Too - Diana West, Washington Times

U.S. Soldiers Must Fight Media War, Too - Diana West, Washington Times

VACATION BONUS!!!

 

War On Terror — Or A Tea Party? - Deroy Murdock, New York Post

After Months of Bad News For Bush, Race Still Tied - John Harwood, WSJ

Kerry's Message Deficit - Donald Lambro, Washington Times

No Rights for Captured GIs - Max Boot, Los Angeles Times

Bush’s Churchill vs. Kerry’s Atlee - Dick Morris, The Hill

Iraq Handover and the Arrogance of Despair - Kathleen Parker, Townhall

Calling Chirac's Charade - New York Post

No Sense Negotiating With Terrorists - William Helmreich, Newsday

'Limits' a Scary Word in Fighting Terrorists - Robert Robb, ArizonaRepublic

Domestic Hell at U.N. Headquarters - Claudia Rosett, Wall Street Journal

Campaign Finance Reform Bites Supporters in the Rear - Matt Welch, Reason

Small Minds Keep France, Germany on Sidelines - R. Emmett Tyrrell, Balt. Sun

Kerry vs. Kerry - Alfred Tella, Washington Times

World Has Ignored U.S. Effort to Save Sudan - Rich Lowry, Manchester UL

Giving Kerry the Business - Hugo Restall, Wall Street Journal

Know Your Enemy - Oliver North, Washington Times