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More Bill Clinton: He will Address UJC on 9-11
At the Lion of Judah Conference. Here’s the program.
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House Moves to Cut Attorneys’ Fees in Church-State Cases
The House Judiciary Committee has approved a bill – dubbed the “Public Expression of Religion Act”– that would make it more difficult for Americans to challenge church-state violations in court. H.R. 2679 would deny legal fees and out-of-pocket expenses to plaintiffs who win lawsuits under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. The move is being publicized…
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ADL Moving On (.org)
Joe Lieberman’s campaign was quick to spread word that the Anti-Defamation League had asked MoveOn.org to condemn the handful of antisemitic posts about the senator that users had put up on the pro-Ned Lamont Web site. We’re still waiting to hear from the Lieberman camp aboout the ADL now praising MoveOn for its response to…
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Lieberman-Lamont Roundup: Air Kisses
[Air kisses][1] for Joe Lieberman at the Senate. The Hartford Courant [reports][2]: “Party leaders also have been passing the word that if Lieberman beats Lamont in November, he probably will retain his seniority and could become a committee chairman if Democrats win a majority.” During an hour-long breakfast briefing with reporters, Ned Lamont rejects calls…
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Tikva Frymer-Kensky, Bible Scholar
Tikva Frymer-Kensky, a professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School and a pioneer in feminist biblical scholarship, died August 31 at her home in Wilmette, Ill. She was 63. The cause of death was breast cancer, the university announced. A specialist in Assyriology and Sumerology, she was best known for her work in women’s…
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Republican Logic
This Zogby poll found that 58% of Republicans think that the war in Iraq has been worth the loss of American lives. Which makes perfect sense considering that 65% of Republicans still believe that there was a connection between Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 attacks.
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Santorum: Union Boss Think I’m Hitler!
Camp Santorum is circulating this article to publicize the fact that Pennsylvania AFL-CIO leader Bill George was quoted as saying: “Some see [Santorum] as Hitler, ‘I’m right’ and ‘we have to go kill them’ and ‘the hell with the poor and the working class and we have to protect the rich.”
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Neo-Nazi’s Semitic Letter
Read this to learn about the challenges of maintaining a career as a neo-Nazi after being slugged by an Orthodox rabbi.
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Rosner’s Rankings
Ha’aretz’s man in D.C., Shmuel Rosner, has a new feature on his blog in which a panel of experts ranks the likely presidential candidates based on their support for Israel. Rudy Giuliani leads the pack with an 8.75 rating out of a possible 10. Next is Newt Gingrich with an 8.38. Hillary Clinton and John…
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Lieberman-Lamont Roundup: Socialsts Against Ned
Ned Lamont is in Washington meeting with labor and Democratic leaders. He’s also trying to paint himself as the education anti-war candidate. The Hartford Courant reports that Senator Joseph Lieberman is campaigning door to door and has retooled his Web site. A group of Republican veterans in planning to air a pro-Lieberman ad. The Socialist…
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Conservative Favorite: No to Gay Marriage Ban
Many conservatives were hoping that President Bush would tap J. Harvie Wilkinson III for a seat on the Supreme Court. It turns out that Wilkinson is against constitutional amendments banning gay marriage (see this oped) in The Washington Post: The Framers meant our Constitution to establish a structure of government and to provide individuals certain…
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