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Jailed white separatist Matthew Hale's mom speaks out on Hardball
tonight...Hale issued a statement from his cell today condemning the murder of
U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow's husband and mother...It's a
compelling interview, story below
Jailed white supremacist disavows slayings...'Only an idiot would think I would
do this,' Matthew Hale says (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7048415/
The 10 Commandment debate heated up in the Supreme Court yesterday...We'll
discuss the case with former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore, a
guy who is mighty familiar with that battle and the whole issue of church and
state...
Shuster gets you up to speed on Tom DeLay and his political troubles and what
he's doing to retain his seat in '06
DeLay moves to protect his political base...Amid legal, ethical battles, House
majority leader's support eroded (The Washington Post)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7072035/
Veteran CBS news guy Tom Fenton has a new book out called "Bad News"...He'll
tell us what's wrong with the news business these days and how we can correct
it...We'll focus on foreign policy coverage and terrorism...More on "Bad News"
http://www.harperacademic.com/catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060797460
Cokie's book "Founding Mothers" is out in paperback and the History Channel is
set to run an accompanying documentary about the most famous women instrumental
in the birth of our country...We'll talk to her about the Pope and the First
Lady among other interesting topics...
We finish up with Deb Saunders from the San Francisco Chronicle and Pacifica
Radio's Amy Goodman about the Bobby Byrd/Nazi controversy, the politics of
social security and whether the state should put juveniles to death...
Aide: Byrd did not compare GOP to Nazis...Jewish groups chastise Democratic
senator over remarks http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7076134/
It's a busy show so we hope you'll join us and pay close attention...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
U.S. troop deaths in Iraq top 1,500...Suicide car bombs hit Baghdad, killing 2
Iraqi police http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7043921/
Bush: 'Greatest challenge of our day' is bin Laden...He sees al-Qaida leader
and al-Zarqawi in Iraq plotting U.S. strikes (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7075285/
Bush demands Syria leave Lebanon...Lebanese opposition ties governing to
withdrawal (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7023538/
Saudis tell Syria to get out of Lebanon...Pressure for pullout mounts in wake
of Hariri's slaying (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7023538/
Fineman: What to make of the 'new' Middle East...Democrats and Republicans
search for the spin http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7066551/
CIA detention practices escape scrutiny...Afghan man's death remained secret
for two years (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7070265/
President Bush plans to intensify his campaign to win public and congressional
support for restructuring Social Security, warning that it would be a bad idea
to delay action as the Senate Republican leader has suggested and politically
unwise for lawmakers to oppose private accounts, White House officials said
yesterday. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A2424-2005Mar2?language=printer
Sen. Chuck Hagel will unveil legislation to restructure the Social Security
system in a speech Monday at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, his spokesman
said Wednesday. (Omaha World Herald)
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=54&u_sid=1350249
Supreme Court weighs Commandments cases...76 percent of Americans support such
displays, according to poll http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7053335/
Opinion/Editorial
Pat: A republic, not a democracy
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43106
Katrina: "I Am Free--To Think--To Speak"...Senator Byrd takes aim at the
"nuclear option." http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7&pid=2233
Peggy: And That's the Way It Was...How to revive CBS News.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110006363
Saletan: Rough Justice...Scalia exposes a flip-flop on the competence of
minors. http://slate.msn.com/default.aspx?id=2114219
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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