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“Where Cronies Dwell”: Today in The New York Times, columnist John Tierney has an op-ed (TimesSelect) that begins, “Journalists and legal scholars have been decrying ‘cronyism’ and calling for ‘mainstream’ values when picking a Supreme Court justice. But how do they go about picking the professors to train the next generation of journalists and lawyers?”

“Boies Office Sent Clients To 3rd Firm With Family Ties”: The Wall Street Journal contains this article (free access) today.

“Blogging Prof Fails To Heed His Own Advice”: This article appears today in The New York Sun.

“Who’s That Guy? Without Robes, Grand Marshal Is Mystery.” The New York Times today contains an article that begins, “Justice Antonin Scalia, the first Italian-American to serve on the Supreme Court, returned to his hometown yesterday to lead the march along Fifth Avenue as grand marshal of the 61st Columbus Day Parade.”

And Newsday reports that “Although the grand marshal was not a huge hit, thousands at the Columbus Day parade were proud to be Italian!”

“Personal correspondence reveals Miers’ loyalty to Bush; Notes heap praise such as ‘best governor ever,’ ‘great work'”: This article appears today in The Dallas Morning News.

The New York Times reports today that “Documents Show Miers’s Close Ties to Bush.”

The Washington Post reports that “Papers Offer Peek at Miers’s Views.”

The Washington Times reports that “White House targets doubts on Miers nod.”

The Denver Post reports that “Dobson to discuss nominee; Radio show will address conversations on Miers.”

And The Rocky Mountain News reports that “Dobson to clarify info; Focus on the Family founder will talk on radio about Miers.”

In commentary, The New York Times contains an editorial entitled “A Confirmation Debate in Reverse.”

In The Washington Post, columnist Richard Cohen has an op-ed entitled “Decoding Miers.” And columnist Eugene Robinson has an op-ed entitled “Perplexed by This Pick.”

In The Los Angeles Times, columnist Robert Sheer has an op-ed entitled “Wrong objections.”

In The Washington Times, Bruce Fein has an op-ed entitled “Lame defense.” Mona Charen has an op-ed entitled “Lost opportunity.” Tod Lindberg has an op-ed entitled “Harriet Miers and judicial politics.” And Michael Barone has an op-ed entitled “A chance to confound critics.”

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette contains an editorial entitled “Mystery Nominee: In the eye of a political firestorm.”

In The Boston Globe, columnist Peter S. Canellos has an op-ed entitled “For social conservatives, it just doesn’t add up.”

The Dallas Morning News contains an editorial entitled “The Miers Debate: Conservatives are looking out for themselves.”

The Denver Post contains an editorial entitled “Things he just shouldn’t know.” And columnist Ed Quillen has an op-ed entitled “Will Miers matter?”

In Newsday, columnist James P. Pinkerton has an op-ed entitled “No wonder conservatives are upset.” And columnist Marie Cocco has an op-ed entitled “Make Dobson reveal sources on Miers.”

In The Providence Journal, M. Charles Bakst has an essay entitled “Harriet Miers: Women judge Bush’s nominee.”

In The Rocky Mountain News, Paul Campos has an op-ed entitled “High court, low expectations.”

The St. Petersburg Times contains an editorial entitled “Find out what Dobson knows.”

And online at OpinionJournal, Brendan Miniter has an essay entitled “Failing Stealth: What the Miers fight means for future nominees, and for politics in Washington.”