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first-draft.com - 6/9/2009
Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross
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Oooookay: Over the last week, there’s been an outpouring of testimonials, across the Internet, from women (and some men) who lived through these hard cases. They help explain why Tiller thought he was doing the Lord’s work, even though that...
haaretz.com - 6/15/2009
Why is Dennis Ross being ousted as Obama envoy to Iran? - Haaretz - Israel News
— haaretz.com — Dennis Ross, who most recently served as a special State Department envoy to Iran, will abruptly be... relieved of his duties, sources in Washington told Haaretz . An official announcement is expected in the coming days. The Obama administration will ... (more) Why is Dennis Ross being ousted as Obama envoy to Iran? ...

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obsidianwings.blogs.com - 6/10/2009
Ross Douthat Makes No Sense
— obsidianwings.blogs.com — by hilzoy Ross Douthat has a very peculiar column on abortion in the New York Times. In... it, he asserts, falsely , that "under current law, if you want to restrict abortion, post-viability procedures are the only kind you’re allowed to even ... (more) Ross Douthat Makes No Sense
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Ross Douthat’s “Stricter Legal Regime”
mahablog.com - 6/9/2009
Ross Douthat’s “Stricter Legal Regime”
— mahablog.com — Today’s New York Times column by Ross Douthat begins sanely enough. He acknowledges that the late-term abortions... performed by the late Dr. George Tiller were done for hard, and heartbreaking, reasons — “women facing life-threatening complications, on women whose children ... (more) Ross Douthat’s “Stricter Legal Regime”

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Deep Doo Doo
Suburban Guerrilla — People who like the illusion of deep thinking without the actual work of it tend to like reading people like Ross Douthat, the Times newest conservative columnist. Fortunately, we have people like Athenae doing the heavy lifting on exactly why he’s such an asshat.

Douthat Again
Lawyers, Guns and Money — Sorry, busy day with parental visit and various other tasks that need doing, but while I might get to this later see Roy, Barbara, Kathleen Reeves, K-Drum, and Athenae. I do have to address this: "One reason there’s so much fierce argument about the latest of late-term abortions — Should there be a health exemption? A fetal deformity exemption? How broad should those exemptions be? — is that Americans aren’t permitted to debate anything else. Under current law, post-viability procedures are the only kind you’re allowed ...

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