party unknown until final paragraph. It’s called burying the would-be lede. 

Save Paul Westerberg! Two years ago Kurt Westergaard was in his Copenhagen home drawing pictures. One of them was of the Muslim prophet, Muhammad. Now Westergaard is homeless. Chicago Bears offend prophet, receive threats

Over all, the Malibu rides more comfortably than the Honda Accord and is far more fun to drive than the standard Toyota Camry. MICHAEL MOORE’S WISH: BRING FIDEL CASTRO TO THE OSCARS I’m down with that. Please send him in a casket.

A Columbia University professor who was the apparent target of a hate crime last October, when a noose was left on her office door, has been sanctioned for plagiarism, university officials confirmed today. The plagiarism investigation of the professor, Madonna G. Constantine of Teachers College, was reported today by The Columbia Spectator. This afternoon, she called the investigation “biased and flawed” and accused the university of a “witch hunt.”   ******** “I am left to wonder

Mr. McCain, 71, and the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman, 40, both say they never had a romantic relationship. But to his advisers, even the appearance of a close bond with a lobbyist whose clients often had business before the Senate committee Mr. McCain led threatened the story of redemption and rectitude that defined his political identity. It had been just a decade since an official favor for a friend with regulatory

McArdle, Totten and Althouse are guest-blogging for Glenn.

strikes one as misfortunate.  F*cking five smacks of carelessness. –Lady Bracknell

In this morning’s speculation, I suggested that Sen. Hillary Clinton might make trouble for the Democratic convention in a number of ways, including this: She could champion the causes of Florida and Michigan and seek reform of the rules for timing contests and the sanctions imposed upon those who break them.  A few hours later, Jake Tapper of ABCNews reports that Clinton has already started: This morning brings the news

In discussing the Wisconsin primary results, OpenLeft’s Chris Bowers makes a general observation that raises an interesting possibility: Closest Democratic Nomination in at least 48 years: Just to keep things in perspective even during an Obama victory, Clinton will actually pass a milestone tonight that will make this the closest Democratic nomination campaign since at least 1960. Today, even without Michigan and Florida, she hit 1219 delegates when one counts

The Wisconsin primary results suggest an erosion in the Clinton coalition hinted at in the Potomac primaries.  The talking heads on cable TV broke down the various blocs from the exit poll data, but a few key measures tell the tale. The general pattern since New Hampshire, as laid out by Jay Cost earlier this month, was this: We have found that both candidates are putting together diverse voting coalitions that differ according