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Swampland

Obama's Great Luck

Al Sharpton has now done a Sister Souljah on himself, relieving Obama of the necessity of saying that he finds Sharpton a race-hustling phony. Read more

Real Clear Politics

Giuliani's Boost From the Right

If a social conservative from a southern state like Louisiana Senator David Vitter can get behind the former mayor of New York, it takes some of the punch out of the anti-Giuliani analysis that he will be found unacceptable to Republican primary voters. Read more

World

THE MIDDLE EAST BLOG

Washington and Tehran

Does the U.S. seek friendship with Iran? Or at least a peaceful way out of the long-running feud with Tehran? I am struck by the contrasts in tone coming out of Washington lately. Read more

The China Blog

Zhao Ziyang's Memoirs are Out

It sounds as if the book will live up to its advanced billing as something that will, to put it mildly, cause great discomfort among the Chinese leadership. Read more

Health & Science

Eye on Science

Make That Call

There's a fear that the radio signals coming from cell phones could disrupt electronics in hospitals. Potentially very dangerous if it were true... which it's not, according to a new study. Read more

Business & Technology

The Curious Capitalist

Viacom's YouTube Lawsuit

YouTube does a consistently better job of getting big media's content before a large Web audience than they do. Is that really a distribution channel a company like Viacom wants to turn off? Read more

Work in Progress

Networking for Workplace Wallflowers

Even if your job doesn't involve prying private information from complete strangers, all of us have to associate with other people in unfamiliar situations — say, at an alumni networking party or a job fair. Read more

Nerd World

New Halo Wars Screenshot

Another gorgeous screenshot from Halo Wars -- the Halo world RTS game -- has calved off the great secret Halo Wars iceberg and floated into the warm public waters of the Internet. Read more

Entertainment

Looking Around

The BP Grand Entrance?

It's nothing new for museums like LACMA to name wings and galleries and courtyards after donors, but when did they start selling off the doors? Read more

Tuned In

Television With Pity?

I don't think it's in Bravo's interest to meddle with the content now that it has purchased the leading website of indie TV criticism. But still, Bravo is home to some of TWoP's richest targets, including Top Design, Top Chef and Project Runway. Read more

Photos

White House Photo Blog

Villagers watch as President Bush's motorcade passes during his visit to the rural town of Santa Cruz Balanya, Guatemala, March 12, 2007. View more

Rear Adm. Hutson (Ret.) who helped craft 'don't ask, don't tell' says... gays/lesbians serving openly no longer pose a threat to unit cohesion. Google 'skinheads in us military' and take your pick of articles to read. This probably poses more of a threat.

• - Posted by Linda on Swampland
• in response to Ana Marie Cox's "Minding Your Own Peter (Pace)" about Gen. Peter Pace's remarks on gays in the military.