In a column in which he opines that the Rev. Wright scandal has legs [insert ZZ Top reference here], Bob “Chupacabra” Novak passes along the view of a long-time associate (of the Clintons, I believe) who states that they “will do anything–anything–to get nominated.” Shocking, I know.

I usually prefer to post on topics where I can add value, but I found so few blogs covering former 9/11 Commission counsel Michael Jacobson’s Washington Post op-ed on al-Qaeda dropouts that simply giving it wider exposure adds value: It’s become a truism of counterterrorism that we must understand how and why individuals become jihadists in the first place. But almost nobody is studying the flip side of radicalization — understanding

So sayeth Barack Obama in an interview with Michael Smerconish set to air today regarding the Obama-Wright-Trinity controversy.  He also says, “This is a pillar of the community and if you go there on Easter on this Easter Sunday and you sat down there in the pew you would think this is just like any other church.”  As it turns out, if you went there on this Easter Sunday, you

Harsh criticism of Obama’s ex-pastor’s hate-filled rants? Lynching. Criticism of Obama for putting up with that shit? Crucifixion.  Nice to see young Reverend Otis moving beyond all the baggage of Jeremiah’s generation.  Why, if he doesn’t win the election, it will be a downright assassination.  Your halo needs a bit of polishing there, bud. And Joan of Aaargh! points out one of the good Reverend Otis’s academic productions, Blow the

It’s Easter, so if you’d rather bask in the glow of the Risen Lord and enjoy the day with your family than read something that will probably cause you simultaneously to laugh and fulminate, then perhaps it’s best to skip this. Gleen(s) latch onto an ugly post by “Instapunk,” whom he strongly associates with Instapundit Glenn Reynolds as his “namesake.”  And truly, I have seen Reynolds link to Instapunk, though I cannot remember

Figuring some of us might like to take a break from politics this morning, I give you video of Jerry the Dachshund, who can play fetch with himself; the walrus who can dance to Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” (how is that not animal cruelty, goo goo goo joob); and surfing mice from down under.

(a Serr8d joint)

Yglesias: The past week saw a lot of “what did I get wrong”-type articles about Iraq and they frequently put me in the mind of the incompetence dodge. I note that one frequent way in which people argue for the proposition that poor execution, rather than an underlying flawed concept, are at the root of the Iraq disaster is to simply observe that mistakes were made in Iraq. For example,

Washington Times: Tom Borelli is so sure the Walt Disney Co. is suppressing the DVD release of the 2006 miniseries “The Path to 9/11” for political reasons that he is ready to put up money to prove the point. Mr. Borelli, a Disney shareholder, accused Disney CEO Robert Iger at a March 6 shareholders’ meeting of blocking the release of “Path” in order to protect Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and

Mike Baker files a report for the Associated Press on Bill Clinton’s swing through North Carolina, touting his wife’s presidential campaign: Clinton opened his day in Charlotte, telling veterans at an invitation-only event that Hillary Clinton can provide better health care for troops back from combat and will reduce the number of troops in Iraq. He continued to highlight the military issue later in Cary, accentuating his wife’s gender to