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...Words Joe Klein referred to congressman Ron Paul's "singular moment of weirdness" as "proposing that al-Qaeda attacked on Sept. 11 because the U.S. had been messing around in the Middle East, bombing Iraq" [May 28]. I find it startling that Klein assumed the reader would see this perfectly reasonable notion as weird when it essentially echoes an observation made in The 9/11 Commission Report. I have to wonder where the weirdness really rests. Joshua Glassman, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA...
...Klein called Rudy Giuliani's dismissal of Paul a "historic slam dunk" and said he "reduced Paul to history." Neither Giuliani nor Klein seems capable of debating Paul's assertion on its merit. Could this be because Paul's argument is too strong, too logical? Paul's assertion that our actions abroad reap consequences at home is the real slam dunk (in the pre-George Tenet sense of the term). Paul has not become history, but rather his view is grounded in history. I hope that other candidates will respond to his point. That could lead to a meaningful exchange...
When she arrived at Harvard, Amy R. Klein ’07 found that many of her female classmates were “very polite, often shy, very well put-together, and only expressive to a certain extent.” Klein decided that she would shatter the stereotype. “I wanted to provide a different image of what a female Harvard student was,” the Lowell House English concentrator says. “Female children are often encouraged not to shout, not to make a lot of noise, not to scream,” says...
...then Harman changed her position. After we spoke, she voted against the funding. The next day, I was blasted by a number of left-wing bloggers: Klein screwed up! I had quoted Harman in the past tense-common usage for politicians who know their words will appear after a vote takes place. That was sloppy and... suspicious! Proof that you just can't trust the mainstream media. On Eschaton, a blog that specializes in media bashing, I was given the coveted "Wanker of the Day" award. Eventually, Harman got wind of this and called, unbidden, to apologize for misleading...
...readers responded with links to treatises about "duty" in various military journals. Furthermore, I've found that some great reporting takes place in the blogosphere: Juan Cole's Iraq updates are invaluable, Joshua Micah Marshall's Talking Points Memo did serious muckraking about the U.S. attorneys scandal, and Ezra Klein (no relation) is excellent on health care. I love linking to smart work by others, something you just can't do in a print column...