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Should We Jail Deep Throats ...
by John Dean
"Bob Woodward, a reporter on the team that covered the Watergate story, has advised his executive editor at the Washington Post that Throat is ill. And Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of the Post and one of the few people to whom Woodward confided his source's identity, has publicly acknowledged that he has written Throat's obituary."

Growing Numbers of Wealthy Americans Eschew Traditional Labels, As Segment of Affluent Consumers Embrace Middle Class Values
"New Affluent" consumers - a mere 7 percent of the American population, primarily comprised of individuals aged 35-54 whose household income is at least $125,000 - clip coupons more than other Americans, report embarrassment in being identified with wealth and status, and are more concerned about passing along honesty and integrity to their children than money or status.

A cultural disconnect in Dixie
The southern states are looking for different sorts of Democrats
By Dan Gilgoff

Boston Globe
Weighing defeat, Kerry sees lessons to guide future

Chasing the Long Tail
By Edward B. Driscoll, Jr.
What Chris Anderson's powerful meme means in the context of blogs.

Share the Ownership
by Ray Boshara

Mr. President, Let's Share the Wealth
by David Brooks

Eason Jordan, Quote, Unquote
CNN News Chief Clarifies His Comments on Iraq
by Howard Kurtz

The Cows Come Home
Suddenly, France and Germany support democracy in Iraq.
by Brendan Miniter

When Officers Aren't Gentlemen
NCOs will be the backbone of the new Iraqi army.
by Mark Bowden

W's Debacle - NOT
by John Podhoretz

How Privacy Went Public
Penumbras and emanations make strange bedfellows.
by James Taranto

Democrats Yield Social Security Initiative to Bush
by Mort Kondracke

We Can't Tax Our Way Out of the Social Security Crisis
by Senator Jon Kyl

If Not Now, When?
by Fred Barnes

Some Kind of Private Accounts Are Likely to Pass
by Dick Morris

How Bad Off is the Democratic Party?
by Roger Simon

Table the Timetable
By Melana Zyla Vickers

Pittsburghlive.com
Teresa Heinz drops 'Kerry'

USA Today
Bush shows highest ratings in a year
Bush's approval rating of 57% was his highest since he reached 59% in January 2004.

W. Post
Bush's Intelligence Panel Gains Stature

Denver Post Editorial
What WMD commission?

SF Chronicle
Probe of Iraq Intelligence Won't Assign Blame

Oil-for-U.N.
by William F. Buckley Jr.
A wild thought passes through my mind, which is that maybe Benon Sevan is in fact innocent. Innocent of receiving money directly from his buddy Fakhry Abdelnour, the Egyptian whose company (AMEP — African Middle East Petroleum) wanted some Iraqi chits to permit oil purchases.

Chalabi Is BackAn apology is in order.
By Barbara Lerner

Merger Mania
Creative destruction runs rampant through the economy, reordering the business structure and saving consumers money.
by Irwin M. Stelzer

About faces
by Larry Kudlow
The good news is that current newsmakers Eason Jordan, Howard Dean, and Condi Rice have virtually nothing in common.

Ending slavery
by Thomas Sowell
To me the most staggering thing about the long history of slavery -- which encompassed the entire world and every race in it -- is that nowhere before the 18th century was there any serious question raised about whether slavery was right or wrong.

Unfinished business
by Frank J. Gaffney Jr.
If all goes according to plan, the House of Representatives this week will take important steps toward securing the nation's borders and interior.

W. Times
Green Berets' numbers fall short
The Army's Green Berets, a key weapon in the war on terror, are operating at under their authorized strength because of the high-attrition qualification course and because of the lure of higher-paying security work at private companies, military officials say.

USA Today
Program keeps avoiding the ax
"Bush proposed eliminating 65 programs last year. All but one, a $14 million grant program for developing new information technologies, survived. Most got a little less money than the year before; a few got more."

Canseco Is Hard to Believe
Former slugger's tell-all book on MLB steroid use may be tough to swallow.
by Thomas Boswell

W. Post
Palmeiro Refutes Claim By Canseco on Steroids

ESPN
Critics Bash Jose's Story

Long Beach Press
La Russa rips into Canseco

Clear Channel Entertainment Announces U2 Vertigo Tour Shatters World-Wide Sales Records