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Cristopher Hitchens has written a column about Arafat’s death.
The content I’ll leave rather than take.
But the article contains this sentence:

It became the fashion among some Arabist reporters at this time to allude to the Palestinians as “the Jews of the Middle East.”

I would have thought the Jews were “the Jews of the Middle East”.

Cleveland Browns running back Willie Green got into a bit of a tussle with Steelers linebacker Joey Porter.
In retrospect Mr. Green has a new outlook on the issue:

“On TV it looks bad, it looks like I just take off and push him and spit in his face, but that’s not the way it happened. The [...]

The NBA says Vince Carter listen to music during warmups.

The Toronto Raptors star was informed by the NBA that he no longer can listen to music on his iPod during the 20-minute warmup period before each game. Carter recently started listening to the music on his headphones, a violation of the league’s rules on proper [...]

Shorter David Brooks:

Colleges should tell students how to live their lives.

Timothy Noah raises an interesting accusation.
Did newly nominated Attorney General Alberto Gonzales run interference against the unearthing of Texas Governor George W. Bush’s DUI?

In October 1996, President Bush, then governor of Texas, was summoned to jury duty in Austin. Gov. Bush boasted to the press that he did not intend to use some “feeble excuse” [...]

From anop-ed in Friday’s New York Times.
Claim:

We Muslims were the first targets of the extremists, whose stated goal is to bring down moderate governments and stop the growth of democratic civil society. My country has played a significant role in the global alliance against terrorism, and more: we have led a regional effort for reform [...]

I hope we can look forward to more articles as written by Jonathan Weisman of the Washington Post.
About Bush’s “plan” to cut the deficit:

To cope with the cost of his agenda, Bush said he would impose “spending discipline” on Congress and spur economic growth to boost tax revenue. But he has also made it clear [...]

A Harvard Professor provides the conventional unconventional wisdom.

Purple beats red or blue, every time. In 2008, when Rudy Giuliani faces off against Barack Obama, those maps will look very different.

Approaching the political center appeals to an offensive is the best defense style calculation. Securing the center means stealing votes from the other side. For the [...]

Breaking News from Yahoo’s Frontpage Headline Aggregator:

Laura Bush to get new puppy for birthday

The exact and unfortunate example why voting machines ought be required to leave paper trails upcomes from North Carolina.

Officials said 3,005 early votes were stored, but 4,530 were lost.
Jack Gerbel, president and owner of Dublin, California-based UniLect, said Thursday that the county’s elections board was given incorrect information. There is no way to retrieve the [...]