No Surrender  —  [Ross] So Harry Reid announced that he thinks the war in Iraq is "lost," prompting general outrage on the right - capped off by Mark Levin's call for Reid's resignation: … Here's my question: Is there any imaginable point in any imaginable conflict where Mark Levin would admit that the United States had lost a war?

2 dead in JSC hostage standoff  —  A NASA contract worker barricaded himself inside a Johnson Space Center building Friday and killed one of two hostages before committing suicide.  —  William A. Phillips, a 60-year-old engineer, fatally shot co-worker David Beverly in the chest …

Iraqi tribal chiefs forming an anti-insurgent party  —  The Sunni sheiks aim to set up a council and enter elections.  They also seek to enhance U.S. troops' image.  —  RAMADI, IRAQ — A group of Sunni tribal leaders in beleaguered Al Anbar province said Thursday that it intended to form …

A coward named Derbyshire  —  You've probably read the NRO's very own John Derbyshire's insane rant against the victims of the VT shooting.  In his twisted mind he thought his logic was sound and repeated that he wasn't criticizing the students, but merely raising a point of conversation.

House Passes Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act  —  The House has passed the Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act, by a vote of 269-134.  —  Passage came after defeat of a Republican motion to recommit with instructions.  As background, the C-Span Congressional Glossary provides the following definition:

The Axis Of Embarrassment (Updated ... BS?)  —  See update below — not very credible.  —  Bloggers today have been linking to an article in The Spectator, a well-regarded British magazine, written by Daily Mail columnist Melanie Philips regarding Iraqi WMDs.

Vermont Senate calls for impeachment of Bush … MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) — Vermont senators voted Friday to call for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, saying their actions in Iraq and the U.S. "raise serious questions of constitutionality."

Va. gunman's family feels hopeless, lost  —  BLACKSBURG, Va. - The family of Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho told The Associated Press on Friday that they feel "hopeless, helpless and lost," and "never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence."  —  "He has made the world weep.

Radio host Michael Smerconish to be simulcast on MSNBC in place of Imus  —  According to an April 20 article on Philly.com, the website of The Philadelphia Inquirer, "The Big Talker 1210 AM morning show of Daily News columnist Michael Smerconish is to be simulcast Monday through Wednesday on MSNBC."

Jihadist video shows boy beheading man  —  KILI FAQIRAN, Pakistan - The boy with the knife looks barely 12.  In a high-pitched voice, he denounces the bound, blindfolded man before him as an American spy.  Then he hacks off the captive's head to cries of "God is great!" and hoists it in triumph by the hair.

House Approves A Full D.C. Seat  —  Biggest Step Toward Vote Since '70s; Bill Faces High Hurdles in the Senate  —  A bill giving the District its first full seat in Congress cleared the House yesterday, marking the city's biggest legislative victory in its quest for voting rights in nearly three decades.

Va. Tech professor buried in Israel  —  The funeral of slain Virginia Tech Professor Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor who sacrificed himself to save his students during the brutal massacre at the US school earlier this week, took place in Ra'anana on Friday morning, attended by some 200 friends …