Will want to check out this link-filled post by James Robbins, on The Corner this afternoon.

Absolutely.

That’s putting it mildly.

One of Murder, Inc.’s very own roughs up a pro-life activist.

Very interesting. Here’s the money quote:

While Wenzel said he could not comment on other organizations’ polls, he defended Zogby International’s record.

“We’ve done extensive polling of Catholics over the years and it’s one of our specialties,” he said.

“We’re confident our numbers [i.e., a 15 point McCain lead over Obama among Catholics] are accurate.”

A simple google search could have prevented this “poor” muslim-separatist group from choosing a name/acronym that, no doubt, subjects it to daily ridicule.

(This one is for you, Lat)

Update: My good buddy Ben emails the following in response: “HAHahahaha, no, I see your machete there - seriously, what’s your name again?”

Howard Bashman reports that a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit–with my judge (Manion) and Judge Sykes in the majority and Judge Rovner in dissent–issued an opinion today holding that under the Supreme Court’s decision in Georgia v. Randolph a husband’s objection to the search of his premises did not preclude a valid search, conducted solely on the wife’s consent, once the husband had been validly arrested and removed from the dwelling.

LifeSite News has the details.

My favorite Calvinist passes along this beautiful story, which I am confident SA’s readers will appreciate:

In 1989 Zita, the last empress of Austria and the last queen of Hungary died. The day of her funeral, 8,000 mourners filed out of Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral and fell in line behind the hearse drawn by six black horses. Two hours later the procession concluded at the Capuchin Church. There, in keeping with tradition, a member of the funeral party knocked on the door and a priest asked, “Who goes there?”

Zita’s titles were read aloud: “Zita, Queen of Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia. Queen of Jerusalem. Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Cracow . . .”

“I do not know her,” came the voice from within the crypt.

The funeral group knocked a second time. “Who goes there?”

“Empress Zita,” was the more simple reply. Still the door remained shut.

The mourners knocked yet a third time. “Who is there?”

“Zita, a poor sinner,” was the answer. That answer was the right answer and the procession was allowed to enter. During the course of her long life, Zita had seen history swirl around her. She was nobility. She was acclaimed. But on the day of death, all of these things were meaningless. Only one thing was important—her trust in Jesus.

Another thought-provoking post by Blackadder.

Good question.

And what in the heck was my man Brownback doing endorsing Kline’s opponent?

Courtesy of The Art of Manliness.

Which songs would you add to this list?

That’s the word on the street.

If this is indeed the case, then it’s a brilliant decision, and I am confident that Gov. Jindal will give an excellent speech.

Heck, I’ll be there to liveblog it.

And so it begins.

This is actually pretty clever:

(LvJoe)

Michael J. New has today’s must-read piece over at NRO.

I am not sure I agree with all of New’s points, but it is a thoughtful piece and well worth your time.

Please vote for Phil Kline today.

There are several reasons why Kline should be retained as your district attorney, but number one on my list is that he had the guts to take on Murder, Inc. And Lord knows that he has paid a significant price for having done so.

Please reward Kline’s courage by reelecting him to be your district attorney.  As the former attorney general of Kansas, he is certainly more than qualified for the position.  

You can view his campaign website here.

Professor Gerard V. Bradley nails it (as usual):

[Barack Obama's America] is a place where some children born alive in hospitals are persons, and some are not. Some of these babies are entitled to legal protection, and some are not. Some get the best care which today’s hospitals can give to a sick newborn. Some are put into a soiled utility closet at the hospital. Alone. To die.

In Barack Obama’s America, a law which would eradicate this awful inequality, and which would establish that every child born alive is entitled to the protection of law, would be opposed. Repeatedly. As Barack Obama reads the United States Constitution, such a law is “probably not going to survive constitutional scrutiny” — even though the Constitution guarantees to every person the equal protection of the law. Obama is quite wrong about the Constitution, thank God. Despite his opposition, many states and the United States have passed “Born-Alive Infants Protection Acts,” precisely to establish the legal equality of all newborn babies. Despite Barack Obama’s arguments that such laws are unconstitutional, none has been invalidated by any court. None will be.

Ramesh takes Billy Saletan to the woodshed.

From Time Magazine, February 28, 2005

(cross-posted)

It’s not pretty, folks.

Is it any wonder that Senator Obama is afraid of debating Senator McCain in a town-hall format?

(LvEE)

$8,500 for a stand-up desk? Wow. I thought my (solid) maple wood stand-up desk (stained cherry) was fairly expensive at $850. Apparently, I got quite a deal.

(LvAE)

If only this fear were grounded in reality.

My fear is, of course, the exact opposite.

That having been said, I do believe that Senator McCain is a man of honor, and that he will do everything in his power to keep the promises he has made to conservatives about the type of men and women he will appoint to the federal bench.

I suppose this sort of thing shouldn’t surprise me anymore, but it still does.

Yet another excellent post from the fine folks at The Art of Manliness.

One of the towering figures of the 20th century, he was 89 years old.  The AP obit is here; the Times of London here; the Telegraph here and here.

More:  John Derbyshire makes an interesting observation here.

Just saw this on Lucieanne.com:

Barack Obama’s campaign responded sharply to a new McCain webad depicting Obama as a parody of a biblical prophet. “It’s downright sad that on a day when we learned that 51,000 Americans lost their jobs, a candidate for the presidency is spending all of his time and the powerful platform he has on these sorts of juvenile antics,” said spokesman Hari Sevugan. (Snip) The ad, released only on the Internet, is the latest in a series mocking the Democratic nominee.

C’mon, you don’t fight humor by sounding like the Church Chat Lady or Aunt Esther. You fight humor with humor. Here are some lines that I thought of on the way home from the gym today:

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My new phone (the minute it comes out).