Opinionator - DOWD -- FRIEDMAN

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THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: Failing by Example
If you want to know why we are losing in Iraq, go back and read this story that ran on the front page of The Times on Saturday. It began like this:

“Two years ago, Robin C. Ashton, a seasoned criminal prosecutor at the Department of Justice, learned from her boss that a promised promotion was no longer hers. ‘You have a Monica problem,’ Ms. Ashton was told. Referring to Monica M. Goodling, a 31-year-old, relatively inexperienced lawyer who had only recently arrived in the office, the boss added, ‘She believes you’re a Democrat and doesn’t feel you can be trusted.’ Ms. Ashton’s ouster — she left for another Justice Department post two weeks later — was a critical early step in a plan that would later culminate in the ouster of nine United States attorneys last year......

http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/05/thomas-l-friedman-failing-by-example.html

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MAUREEN DOWD: Loving, Fighting, Sulking, Dancing, Betraying
PARIS

The French can be very, well, French when it comes to the personal lives of their leaders.

They take affairs, illegitimate children and tumultuous marriages in stride.

But they suddenly turn traditional when it comes to the role of the first lady. They do not like the idea of Nicolas Sarkozy entertaining world leaders alone at the Élysée Palace. It is not comme il faut....

http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/05/maureen-dowd-loving-fighting-sulking.html

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Opinionator: A Not-So-Fond Farewell for Falwell

In the good old days when print was king, nobody spoke ill of the dead, and if someone did, nobody else would know about until the obituaries came out the next day. As we all know, with the rise of the blogosphere things have changed; still, the death of Jerry Falwell today seems to have set new heights in terms of both haste and venom. Here is a sampling:.....

http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/05/opinionator-not-so-fond-farewell-for.html