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Surprising: Fox News’s Bush approval rating poll is the least positive of three major polls (graph). gulfstream/2175

“Heroic Secret Service Agent Takes Question Intended For Bush.” gulfstream/2267

What is the US going to do with John Walker? Should he be treated leniently because he's been "misled" (Bush)? Surely he has less of an excuse … gulfstream/611

Tim Blair asks why the anti-free-trade left isn't vigorously defending Bush's right to impose steel tariffs. Part of the answer, I think, is that … gulfstream/691

(Last letter: Bush says (in relation to stem-cell research) “no human life should be exploited or extinguished for the benefit of another”; how … gulfstream/748

Michael Moore tries out moral equivalence: Washington sniper was no big deal, etc. because every day “at least eight children killed by gun violence … gulfstream/954

William Saletan tries to make sense of Bush’s vow to topple “every terrorist group of global reach.” gulfstream/978

Bush’s subtle discrimination: calling the Iraqis “good and gifted” marks them as special—Americans don’t get such “compliments.” … gulfstream/1114

On Bush’s carrier-top speech: “A U.S.-based British journalist told me that he and his colleagues had laughed through the whole scene. If Tony  … gulfstream/1140

Surprising: Warren Buffet “still lives in the grey stucco house he bought in 1956 for $31,500.” (Most of this article is about Buffet’s  … gulfstream/1141

“Actually there was something novel about this occasion, but it passed utterly below the radar. Discretion prevented anyone from mentioning that … gulfstream/1161

“The New Yorker Goes to War.” The subtitle—“How a Nice Magazine Talked Itself Into Backing Bush’s Jihad”—neatly captures the … gulfstream/1162

Jenna and Barbara’s Bush’s Friendster “profiles.” (Unfortunately Barbara’s not within reach of my “Personal Network”…) gulfstream/1276

“Bush ‘sorry’ for Iraqi prison abuse.” And ABC just couldn’t resist! Bush did use the word “sorry,” but to take it out of context  … gulfstream/1432

“In short, Bush has pulled Guard troops away from their homeland security duties to fight and die in a war unrelated to the service for which … gulfstream/1550

Who Slate staffers are voting for. Interesting: Christopher Hitchens (what is he going on about?), Steven Landsburg (idiot—but thinks he’s … gulfstream/1597

Weirdness: Slate asks its contributors who they intend to vote for; in reponse, Christopher Hitchens says many garbled things, including “I do … gulfstream/1603

Looks like Bush will win Clark County… gulfstream/1607

British reactions to the US election. I want to write properly about this. Many of these reactions (particularly that of the Mirror) strike me … gulfstream/1612

What 51% Bush/48% Kerry looks like. gulfstream/1615

Anne Applebaum has a nice Le Monde catch: “Katrina’s devastation points the finger at Bush’s system … Issues forgotten for years are back … gulfstream/1880

(1) The US apparently has a long-standing policy that any food aid must be purchased in, and shipped from, the US. (And is alone among large donors … gulfstream/1907

“Six generals have spoken out against him. Is that a lot?” How many times does Rumsfeld have to offer to resign already? When Abu Ghraib was in the … gulfstream/2059

Quotes Collected

In a nation which believes, with the Founding Fathers, that every problem of human life can be solved in the law and with the descent on the state of … quotes/198

"Handsome bell-rope, isn't it?" said Owl. Pooh nodded. "It reminds me of something," he said, "but I can't think what. Where did you get it?" "I just … pooh/10