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Battle of the binge
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Do college students really like to get drunk? The question should be thrown at the nearly 100 college presidents asking government to consider lowering the legal drinking age to 18 from 21. If colleges simply assumed most young people prefer not to imbibe, they'd find ways to help them be teetotal rather than tipsy.
Keep the option of single-sex ed
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - As the school year approaches and students debate whether to get Jonas Brothers or Hannah Montana folders and pencils, parents have more substantive decisions to make involving the educational prospects of their children.
My housing bust redemption
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - It was the spring of 2005 and the housing market was in a frenzy. Against my better instincts, I let my realtor convince me to join the fray. Although that decision cost me much of my life savings, it taught me a lesson that years of graduate school never did – believe it or not, life's not about the money.
Possible Obama Assassination Plot in Denver -- Here Is Latest
(HuffingtonPost.com)
HuffingtonPost.com - Mainstream media are now confirming, and going beyond, the initial reports of a possible assassination plot against Barack Obama and the arrest of two men.
My Big Night
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- Let others oooh and ah at Kennedy's bravery, the Clintons' professionalism, Obama's history-making acceptance speech.
The View from Invesco
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation --
The line into Invesco stretches for several miles. People are standing in line with children and grandparents, and buttons and t-shirts and bottles of water an though the logistics are nightmarish - there's a freight train running through the line - the logistics have been remarkably smooth, and good cheer persists. I just walked into the stadium and the enormity of tonight's crowd hit me: this place is mammoth.
Plouffe Takes Stock
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - DENVER - At a luncheon yesterday sponsored by Time Magazine, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told a group of reporters that while he thinks this will be a close election, he believes their ground game has them well positioned heading into the final phase of the campaign. "McCain is at more of a high water mark than we are," Plouffe said.
Three Down, One to Go
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - DENVER - For all the ins and outs and day to day chatter generated at conventions, the truth is that very few moments in a convention matter. How many can most people recall off the top of their heads? Probably a half dozen at most. Al Gore's kiss with Tipper and Obama's speech from 2004 are two recent ones that stand out.
THE MUDDLE IS THE MESSAGE
(Ted Rall)
Ted Rall - Obama on the Ropes
HILLARY MIGHT HAVE MADE IT ON HER OWN
(Georgie Anne Geyer)
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- As Hillary Clinton gave the speech of her life Tuesday night, I found myself wondering how her life would have proceeded had she not married Bill Clinton. It was a strange response on my part, I admit, but there it was.
Questions for Hillary's Zealots
(Joe Conason)
Joe Conason - As the Democrats convene in Denver to celebrate Hillary Clinton and nominate Barack Obama, a tiny minority of her supporters continues to behave petulantly. They whine, they bluster, they agitate themselves and each other. But what is it about Sen. Clinton's repeated endorsements of her former opponent that they cannot understand? How do they honor her by undermining him?
Major Media Decide -- Vote Obama
(Larry Elder)
Larry Elder - Lawyers call this a "declaration against interest."
JOE BIDEN: HAIR WE CAN BELIEVE IN
(Ann Coulter)
Ann Coulter - Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden's speech at the Democratic National Convention was great. As I write, he hasn't given it yet, but these are my favorite parts:
Editorial Roundup
(AP)
AP - Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
Misfortunes of War
(The Weekly Standard)
The Weekly Standard - A funny thing happened this summer: John McCain taunted Barack Obama into making a trip to Iraq, whereupon the press looked around and finally noticed what those who were paying attention had known for some months now.
What I Saw at the Discombobulation
(Michelle Malkin)
Michelle Malkin - DENVER — Never was so much hype created by so few to simulate the appearance of so many.
The Senator
(Susan Estrich)
Susan Estrich - All last week there were rumors that he would not make it to Denver at all. Then on Monday there were rumors that he was in a Denver hospital receiving oxygen, and that at best he would be in a box at Pepsi Center, watching the tribute and waving to the crowd. He'll never make it to the podium, more than one person told me. They don't know the Senator.
No Nastiness In Springfield?
(Brent Bozell III)
Brent Bozell III - For two years now, we've heard Barack Obama's media allies tell us how he was somehow Not a Politician, that he was the pragmatic soul of civility who was "uniquely qualified to nudge the country toward the color purple." (So said Newsweek.) If that myth hadn't died under tons of weight to the contrary by now, it certainly should have expired in Springfield, Ill., when he selected Joe Biden as his running mate.
McCain Can Win Only as a War President
(Robert Scheer)
Robert Scheer - Just great! Nuclear-armed Pakistan is falling apart, Iran's nuclear program is unchecked, and congressional legislation on cooperation with the Russians on controlling nuclear proliferation is now dead in the water. Horrid news except for Sen. John McCain, who thrills to a repeat of the danger lines of the Cold War, and now stands a good chance of being our next president.
IS OBAMA SORT OF LIKE US?
(Maggie Gallagher)
Maggie Gallagher - The headline over the Associated Press story on the first day of the Democrat convention sums up Obama's current political dilemma: "Obama's 'sort of like us.'"
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