Marc Thiessen on Nebraska's new law to protect more unborn children: "As this debate unfolds, science will continue to advance, allowing us to see -- and save -- babies at earlier and earlier periods of gestation. And the consensus will continue to grow that pre-born babies are indeed human beings, deserving of our love, our … Continue reading Bringing humanity back to the abortion debate

E.J. Dionne:  "The Tea Party is nothing new. It represents a relatively small minority of Americans on the right end of politics, and it will not determine the outcome of the 2010 elections.  In fact, both major parties stand to lose if they accept the laughable notion that this media-created protest movement is the voice … Continue reading The Tea Party: Populism of the privileged

Bill Clinton: "Civic virtue can include harsh criticism, protest, even civil disobedience. But not violence or its advocacy. That is the bright line that protects our freedom. It has held for a long time, since President George Washington called out 13,000 troops in response to the Whiskey Rebellion.  Fifteen years ago, the line was crossed in … Continue reading What We Learned in Oklahoma City

Ben Adler: "The total result is that different strata of society pay roughly the same share of total taxes as they take home in income. And then you must consider that even the federal income-tax code is riddled with loopholes that favor the wealthy..."

LA Times: "The fraud charges may strengthen the president's campaign, against Republican resistance, to tighten regulations on Wall Street."

PBS: "Interim government officials in Kyrgyzstan confirmed Friday that they had received President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's resignation before he fled to neighboring Kazakhstan with his wife and two young children."

Jacob Weisberg argues that "Responsible Republicans are nearly extinct."   The costs? "Without some level of bipartisan cooperation, voters become increasingly cynical, the system becomes too paralyzed to function, and the whole country suffers as a consequence."

Peter Beinart: "So the press has a problem: what to call this intriguing new force in American politics? What kind of adjective suits older, grumpy, well-off Americans who believe Democrats are communists, the poor have it too easy and white people are oppressed? The term 'Republican' comes to mind."

Dana Milbank: "On the stage, I saw the great populist leader himself: Grover Norquist, who, after getting two Harvard degrees, developed his common-touch lobbying for the tropical island paradise of the Seychelles... The wealth advantage of the Tea Partiers helps to explain the rather un-populist message emanating from Freedom Plaza: Tax the wealthy less and … Continue reading Tea Party: Elite Populists?