Dr. George Tiller, who provided late term abortions, has been murdered in his church in Kansas. A suspect is in custody, and law enforcement officials are supposed to have an announcement shortly.

I have long argued that the Roe vs. Wade case was a case of dubious legal interpretation by the majority of justices, and that I generally prefer to limit abortion more than is currently allowed in most states. having said that, I do not favor an absolute ban on it, because it is, sometimes, the least bad choice open to the woman.| MORE ›

The blogosphere’s most reliable source of unintended irony has struck again — while excoriating Jeffrey Rosen’s rather petulant promise to give up blogging, Glenn Greenwald laments the lack of accountability among bloggers. Always one to personify what he criticizes, often in very same post he is criticizing it, Greenwald’s most hilarious line is this:

The one trait that defines establishment pundits more than any other is a pathological inability ever to accept blame or admit error.| MORE ›

Rasmussen reports that 67% of the American oppose a plan to bailout General Motors.

The embattled automaker has serious issues – it has fought off bankruptcy for decades. Every time it got into trouble, it called on Washington to bail it out, and Washington complied. President Obama and Democrats in Congress now plan to do the same thing.

But Americans have had enough. They are no longer willing to pay for companies that have solely themselves to blame for their problems.| MORE ›

Andy McCarthy writes at National Review:

The Obama Justice Department told the Supreme Court this evening that the Uighurs have no right to be released into the United States.

The Uighurs, Chinese Muslim detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, received terrorist training at al Qaeda affiliated camps (from an organization formally designated as a foreign terrorist organization under U.S. law) and were captured after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.| MORE ›

Aaron Cohen was born in Quebec, Canada, but moved to the United States later. Both his parents were involved in the entertainment industry. He grew up in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

When he grew older, however, he decided he wanted to make aliyah – to move to Israel (at least temporarily), where he wanted to serve in the Jewish nation-state’s army.

And that is exactly what he did. He trained, focused, went to Israel, and joined one of the army’s best special forces, the duvdevan.| MORE ›

Ted Bromund explains for The New Ledger why elections for the European parliament, which are scheduled to take place later this week, matter to the United States:

The results of the June elections are likely to show that British Euroskepticism continues to gain strength.| MORE ›

The New York Times reports that Bill Clinton has discovered that his successor, George W. Bush, ain’t such a bad fellow after all. The two former presidents are on a speaking tour – businessmen, local leaders, bloggers, etc. have to pay hundreds of dollars to attend the talks, which are a major success.

Unlike what the left-wing of the Democratic Party would want Clinton to do, he treats Bush with respect, and vice versa. The two men get along just fine, in fact.| MORE ›

In a Friday blog posting on the White House website, Norm Eisen, the White House Ethics Counsel, outlined a policy update regarding communications about applying for stimulus money.  There were restrictions first applied to lobbyists, but after they allegedly complained about being unfairly targeted, the White House made some changes:| MORE ›

Pundit Tucker Carlson, who recently joined Fox News, announced earlier this week that he would launch a new news and opinion website, akin to Huffington Post. Unlike the HuffPo, however, Carlson’s site will bring news, analysis and opinions from a right-leaning perspective.

That is awesome news, of course. The more high quality conservative websites, the better. You have to wonder, however, about Carlson’s understanding of how the Internet works.| MORE ›

Here at the end of the first week of the confirmation battle over Sonya Sotomayor, the talking points are beginning to settle out and we’re starting to get a picture of the potential Justice — the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The good: Sotomayor is almost universally acclaimed as highly intelligent and qualified. A few are trying to spin some kind of implied affirmative action smear against her, but it’s not going anywhere.| MORE ›