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AP
No cash, no problem: Technology finding new ways to pay

Damaging 'Deference'
by George Will

Stem-Cell Sleight of Hand
ario Cuomo accuses President Bush of letting religion run his stem-cell policy, but Bush isn't the one ignoring actual science.
by Wesley J. Smith

Why The Left Is Losing
by Karl Rove

The Politics of American Wars
Islamists have proved adept at winning liberal exemption from criticism.
by Victor Davis Hanson

Kennedy continuing the Democrat strategy of denial of legacy, regardless of the cost.

HughHewitt.com
"The Senate Democrats' #2 compares the American military to Nazis, Stalinists, and Pol Pot's killer, and the story never gets near to the cover of the Washington Post. Karl Rove makes a valid assertion about the behavior of liberals, backed by evidence, and the fake outrage of those Senate Democrats makes page 1, but in a story without the pointed reply of George Pataki which happens to pivot on Durbin's slander. At least the New York Times included a portion of the Pataki quote, which has now vanished from the original Newsday article. But there is no MSM bias, right?
My World column looks at the Minneapolis Star Tribune's repulsive editorial on Durbin's speech, but that's just the obvious bias against truth at work. Placement and pitch matter just as much. The contrast between the MSM's smothering of Durbin's slander and his non-apology versus its treatment of the false outrage directed at Rove joins the massive set of examples of MSM bias which, while it will never be corrected, will always be there to explain the collapse of credibility among the elite media. Just so you don't miss it, here's what Governor Pataki said: "I think it is a little hypocritical of Senator Clinton to call on me to repudiate a political figure's comments when she never asked Senator Durbin to repudiate his comments. Senator Clinton might think about her propensity to allow outrageous statements from the other side that are far beyond political dialogue --insulting every Republican, comparing our soldiers to Nazis or Soviet gulag guards-- and never protesting when she serves with them."
The evidence to support Rove is here. And don't miss Teddy Kennedy's attack on Donald Rumsfeld and the war. RogerLSimon brands the Democrats as deeply reactionary, and he's right. Every action taken by the party's leaders in recent months, from obstruction across the board on Social Security, to the blocking of judicial appointments and Bolton, to the Dean and Durbin rhetoric and now to the war against the war are tied together by a bitter hatred of George W. Bush that makes the right's antipathy of Clinton seem like child's play. The GOP recovered from Clinton-induced derangement, but it is not at all clear that there is anyone in the Democratic Party who wants to recover from its current fevers. MartiniPundit has great analysis of Rove's speech and its aftermath, as does Stylish Since This Morning, Hoystory, and Let Freedom Ring."

Remember Tax Cuts?
With Social Security going nowhere, it's not too soon for the president to start recapturing the high ground of tax cuts, economic growth, and opportunity.
by William Kristol

Atlantic Monthly
Wolfowitz: The Exit Interviews

Eine Kleine Biographie
We need a serious book about Hillary Clinton. Ed Klein's isn't it.
by Peggy Noonan

They Can't Take That Away From Me... Unless They Can
by Stephen Bainbridge
After news of Napoleon's victory in the Battle of Austerlitz was conveyed to British Prime Minister William Pitt, Pitt pointed to a map of Europe and said: "Roll up the map; it will not be wanted these ten years." In light of the Supreme Court's decision to side with New London, we might just as well roll up the Takings Clause of the Bill of Rights, because we won't need it any longer.

'It's His War' -- Echoes of Vietnam From the Democrats
by Daniel Henninger

White House Boxing in the Dems
by Richard Wolffe & Holly Bailey

AP
Gas Station Owner Cashes in 1.4M Pennies
FLOMATON, Ala. - Edmond Knowles started out saving pennies in a 5-gallon can. Thirty-eight years later, he was storing them in four 55-gallon drums and three 20-gallon drums — nearly 1.4 million in all.

AP
Snapple's 17-Ton Popsicle Melts in N.Y.
NEW YORK - An attempt to erect the world's largest popsicle in a city square ended with a scene straight out of a disaster film, but much stickier.

A Modest Proposal
Ladies, it's time to put some clothes back on.