Today’s edition of quick hits.<\/p>\n
* Seven newspapers<\/a> have now dropped Ann Coulter’s column. That’s pretty encouraging.<\/p>\n * The IRS is outsourcing<\/a> its writing of tax rules to the very lawyers and accountants who create tax shelters and exploit loopholes for the superrich.<\/p>\n * TP<\/a>: Wade Sanders \u2014 former deputy assistant secretary of the Navy, decorated former swift boat skipper, and combat veteran \u2014 has an op-ed attacking President Bush\u2019s nomination of Sam Fox to be ambassador to Belgium: \u201cAnd as a military man, it doesn\u2019t matter much who is being attacked \u2014 John McCain, Max Cleland, John Kerry, or Jack Murtha \u2014 I just don\u2019t believe that assaults on the military records of veterans belong in our politics.\u201d<\/p>\n * There’s a lot of buzz about Rep. David Obey, D-Wisc., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, losing his temper when confronted by liberal activists who want him to cut off funding for the war. Read the whole thing<\/a> to get the context.<\/p>\n * Zell Miller isn’t getting any less bizarre<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Brazil loved Bill Clinton when he was president. Bush — not so much<\/a>.<\/p>\n * Questions about the prosecutor purge get closer<\/a> to the White House.<\/p>\n * The “DC Madam” story gets more interesting<\/a> all the time. * I find it amazing that a GOP House member would blame<\/a> conditions at Walter Reed on injured troops.<\/p>\n
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\n* Michael Barone isn’t nearly as sane<\/a> as I gave him credit for yesterday.<\/p>\n