From the WSJ: Two bastions of liberalism are discovering the nasty side of campaign finance reform now that it has landed in their own backyards. On Sunday, a spokeswoman for the New York Times admitted it had “made a mistake” when it charged the radical group MoveOn.org a special discounted rate for an ad accusing General David Petraeus of betrayal in advance of his Congressional testimony. Meanwhile, DailyKos’s Markos Moulitsas

From the NYT: A special military appeals court, overturning a lower court ruling, on Monday removed a legal hurdle that has derailed war crime trials for detainees at Guantanámo Bay, Cuba. The ruling allows military prosecutors to address a legal flaw that had ground the prosecutions to a halt. The decision, by a three-judge panel of a newly formed military appeals court, was an important victory for the government in

From the Islamic Republic News Agency: Despite entire US media objections, negative propagation and hue and cry in recent days over IRI President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s scheduled address at Colombia University, he gave his lecture and answered students questions here on Monday afternoon. The American media establishment, hostile to free speech, stacked the deck against our brave President. But stalwart in spirit and confident in his convictions, Mahmoud perservered. On second

Hot Air has the video. Obvious follow-up question: Is this a scientific anomaly based on some sort of Persian resistance to chemical differences in the brain? Or were, like, stones involved? **** update: Students applaud and cheer; Dean Coatsworth shakes Mahmoud’s hand. Like I said he would. Next up, stuffed shrimp and a bit of hobnobbing with the earnest chin-rubbers from the cultural studies and English departments. All in all,

…but I’m beginning to suspect Dilbert might just be the kind of cubicle jockey who in his free time would happily go door-to-door in support of a Wesley Clark/Jim Moran presidential ticket — not because he hates the Jews, mind you. But rather because he just doesn’t like to see them controlling US foreign policy while simultaneously oppressing and murdering the Palestinian people. Besides, he’s read Portnoy’s Complaint. So let’s

It would’ve taken me less than five minutes to unload the dishwasher — but rather than putting away freshly scrubbed plates and glasses, I decided to relax, read the sports page, and enjoy a blueberry muffin, instead. Best decision of the morning, I think — though there’s no telling what I’d do had I the same choice to make all over again. Which, I suppose, is why I’m such a

Via LGF and PJM, news that protesters are being removed from the area around ground zero: Andrew Marcus – on video assignment for PJM – reports that the Port Authority evicted protesters from Ground Zero this morning. Group – including family members of 9/11 victims – was in front of the PATH station protesting possible appearance at Ground Zero by Ahmadinejad. I can’t say that I blame the Port Authority.

Which is just crazy. I mean, don’t these wizened ingrates understand that the ban is for their own good? From the AP: It was just another morning at the senior center: Women were sewing, men were playing pool – and seven demonstrators, average age 76, were picketing outside, demanding doughnuts. They wore sandwich boards proclaiming, “Give Us Our Just Desserts” and “They’re Carbs, Not Contraband.” At issue is a decision

Evidently Columbia University, champion of free speech and the free exchange of ideas (idea 1. Genocide is bad; idea 2. In theory, yes. Unless Jews are involved), is taking certain precautions to make sure that their ostentatious commitment to “free speech” and the “free exchange of ideas” remains untroubled by the kind of annoying dissent that can turn such a signature moment of academic “tolerance” into a potential hate crime.

Or will John Cole come up with yet another dismissive rationale for the New York Times’ ideological bias in which he once again denigrates those who found the Times‘ “standby rate” argument for a specifically-timed attack ad just a bit too pat…? — Particularly when what those “nutters” raising such a fuss should have been doing is concentrating on the mess that is Iraq. (h/t STACLU)