For your edification:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1111944/posts
I might propose too that when we have to excerpt we perhaps give a summary in our own words of the remainder of the piece, in the lead comment, or perhaps with sites like USAToday.com we can just write a digest in our own words in one paragraph. I think some of us are capable enough.
As to using pieces from WSJ.com, we really shouldn't unless we get them through its skimpy "free" page, or its giveaways to bloggers, or from OpinionJournal.com. We should do this out of principle: a news Web site that cordons itself from the world is an irrelevance (i.e., TimesSelect), and we should encourage the free distribution of news by snubbing pay distributors like the Journal (which I have trouble with for other reasons anyway).
Again thank you for the post, and I hope I didn't cause too much trouble, and Merry Christmas!