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Yahoo! Daily News Digest: Op/Ed for Monday, December 10, 2007 12:00 AM PSTRomney defends faith in speech he shouldn't have to givehttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=679&e=1&u=/usatoday/20071207/cm_usatoday/romneydefendsfaithinspeechheshouldnthavetogiveUSATODAY.com - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:22 pm PSTIt's hard not to be impressed with the speech former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney gave Thursday on faith and religion. He displayed a deep, intuitive understanding of the proper role of religion in public life, while dispelling the notion that his Mormon beliefs are somehow aberrant.Our view on credit crunch: Freeze those teasershttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=679&e=2&u=/usatoday/20071207/cm_usatoday/ourviewoncreditcrunchfreezethoseteasersUSATODAY.com - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:21 pm PSTJust last May, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said the subprime mortgage crisis would have "limited" impact on the housing market, and there was "no serious broader spillover" to the credit markets. In August, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the subprime crisis was "largely contained."Opposing view: Plan hurts future borrowershttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=679&e=3&u=/usatoday/20071207/cm_usatoday/opposingviewplanhurtsfutureborrowersUSATODAY.com - Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:20 pm PSTThe government sure has a funny prescription for restoring confidence in America's credit markets. It purports to solve the nation's credit crunch a slowdown stemming from investors' loss of trust in instruments such as mortgage-backed securities by pressuring millions of borrowers and lenders to renege on their contracts and bilk mortgage investors.Romney in the public pulpithttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2328&e=4&u=/csm/20071207/cm_csm/eromneyThe Christian Science Monitor - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:00 am PSTThe first time a Mormon was running for US president, in 1844, a mob killed him. Fortunately for Mitt Romney in the 2008 race, he's only been mugged in the polls. Still a viable candidate, he tried to disarm anti-Mormon critics in a speech Thursday, looking at what unites Americans.Kindle: Book 2.0? I prefer 1.0.http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2328&e=5&u=/csm/20071207/cm_csm/yhauserThe Christian Science Monitor - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:00 am PSTI know technology is leaving me behind. Very soon indeed, my children may find me unfathomable. I love my computer and my cell phone, but don't ask me to text or game. I don't want to.The Dog Whistlers: The One Question the "Pro-life" Presidential Candidates Don't Want You to Askhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2407&e=6&u=/huffpost/20071209/cm_huffpost/075995HuffingtonPost.com - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:49 pm PST98 percent of American women have done it.Is The New York Times Obsessed With Moscow's Oligarch-ettes andhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2281&e=7&u=/thenation/20071210/cm_thenation/15258214The Nation - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:12 pm PSTThe Nation -- In the last few weeks, the New York Times has devoted at least four articles to extolling the opulence of the oil-boom-fueled "new" Russia --especially the orgy of conspicious consumption in today's Moscow.Help Keep Bookwoman Alive!http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2281&e=8&u=/thenation/20071207/cm_thenation/25257876The Nation - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:08 pm PSTThe Nation -- Remember when feminist bookstores dotted the land? in l993 there were 124.The Daily 2008http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2709&e=9&u=/realclearpolitics/20071207/cm_rcp/the_daily_2008141RealClearPolitics.com - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:57 am PSTIt is of course the "Day of Infamy," but less known perhaps is that on this day in 1787 Delaware delegates vote to ratify the new Constitution, thus becoming the first official state of the new union. On to today's top stories:On Romney's Speechhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2709&e=10&u=/realclearpolitics/20071207/cm_rcp/on_romneys_speechRealClearPolitics.com - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:30 am PSTThere are two ways to evaluate Romney's speech. The first is as a matter of political theory: is the logic of the speech sound? The second is as a matter of public opinion: will its logic have any force with the voters?RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- THEN, NOW AND ROMNEYhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=123&e=11&u=/ucrr/20071209/cm_ucrr/religiousfreedomthennowandromneyRichard Reeves - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:47 pm PSTMANCHESTER, N.H. -- I had trouble choosing a lead for this column on Mitt Romney's nice speech about religious freedom last Thursday morning. I am for religious freedom and for freedom from religion. I am not for Romney, though, God knows -- oops! -- he certainly looks like a president should.IMMIGRANT-BASHING HAS LONG HISTORY IN AMERICAhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1317&e=12&u=/ucas/20071209/cm_ucas/immigrantbashinghaslonghistoryinamericaCynthia Tucker - Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:47 pm PSTLate last month came shocking -- shocking -- news about the ability of immigrants to assimilate: Latinos in this country do learn English. Who knew?PUTTING ON THE OLD AVOIRDUPOIShttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2207&e=13&u=/ucjk/20071209/cm_ucjk/puttingontheoldavoirdupoisJames Kilpatrick - Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:03 pm PST"She's fat!" said Jiggs.What Happened in 2003?http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2280&e=14&u=/weeklystandard/20071208/cm_weeklystandard/whathappenedin2003The Weekly Standard - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:25 pm PSTWhat highly significant word is nowhere to be found in the declassified summary of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear intentions and capabilities? Iraq.RHETORIC OF RELIGION FELT INCREASINGLY IN POLITICAL SPHEREhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1316&e=15&u=/ucds/20071208/cm_ucds/rhetoricofreligionfeltincreasinglyinpoliticalsphereDavid Shribman - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:57 pm PSTHere was Mitt Romney's problem, one of the toughest in American politics: He had spent most of his campaign for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination in search of the faith vote while fleeing from talk of his own faith.Another Twisted Christmashttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2687&e=16&u=/uc/20071207/cm_uc_crbbox/op_234602Brent Bozell III - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:00 am PSTThe Christmas season is upon us, which means it's that special time of year for the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State to make sure no wayward city council will allow a whiff of frankincense on government property. They must send out direct-mail fundraising letters asking "Help Us Crush a Creche at Christmas!"A Lot Like Christmashttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2698&e=17&u=/uc/20071207/cm_uc_crsesx/op_394597Susan Estrich - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:00 am PST"I'd rather get presents for Christmas," my friend's daughter told her, as she was on the verge of actually getting her first Chanukah present of the season.Saving the Girl of Qatifhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2689&e=18&u=/uc/20071207/cm_uc_crlchx/op_204588Linda Chavez - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:00 am PSTPresident Bush seemed at a loss for words this week when he was asked during a press conference if he would use his influence to help a Saudi rape victim who has drawn international attention. The young woman was raped 14 times by seven men and now faces her own imprisonment and 200 lashes in a sentence imposed by a Saudi court.A Challenge to the Presshttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2692&e=19&u=/uc/20071207/cm_uc_crmchx/op_54590Mona Charen - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:00 am PSTI still remember where I was when I heard that the student who committed the Virginia Tech massacre had released a press packet including a video, a manifesto and photos of himself holding various weapons.Mitt's Hour of Powerhttp://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2695&e=20&u=/uc/20071207/cm_uc_crpbux/op_334600Pat Buchanan - Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:00 am PSTIf Mitt Romney wins the Republican nomination, it will be due in large measure to his splendid and moving defense of his faith and beliefs delivered today at the George Bush Presidential Library.You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts.

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