Kyl: GOP Willing To Filibuster Obama's Yet-To-Be-Named SCOTUS Nominee  —  The media have been in a flurry in recent weeks over whether Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will retire this summer.  Today on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) already held open the possibility …

Rush Limbaugh, Chris Matthews and the ‘regime’ question  —  On Friday, I asked Rush Limbaugh for his response to President Obama's description of him as “troublesome” and of his program as “vitriol.”  Limbaugh told me he does not believe Obama is trying to do what is best for the country and added …

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Obama!  —  NOT since Clark Kent changed in a phone booth has there been an instant image makeover to match Barack Obama's in the aftermath of his health care victory.  “He went from Jimmy Carter to F.D.R. in just a fortnight,” said one of the “Game Change” authors, Mark Halperin, on MSNBC.

Progressives can't get past the Knowledge Problem  —  “If no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?”  — President Reagan, Jan. 20, 1981.  —  Economist Friedrich Hayek explained in 1945 why centrally controlled “command economies” …

Obamas attend Easter service in Washington  —  The First Family traveled to the poorest section of Washington, D.C. to attend Easter Sunday services.  —  President Barack Obama and his family worshiped at Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church.  According to the Washington Post …

Outrageous!... NY Times Sunday Hit Piece Pictures Tea Party Protesters With Weathermen Terrorists  —  Sunday NY Times Hit Piece Pictures Weathermen Terrorists With Tea Party Protesters  —  Another GOP office in Ohio was attacked two nights ago.  A note was tied to the brick that was thrown through …

Summers: Economy has ‘long way to go’; recovery to accelerate  —  The economy has a “long way to go” before unemployment falls significantly, although job numbers will continue to improve, Lawrence Summers, the director for the National Economic Council, said Sunday.

School Law Clinics Face a Backlash  —  ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Law school students nationwide are facing growing attacks in the courts and legislatures as legal clinics at the schools increasingly take on powerful interests that few other nonprofit groups have the resources to challenge.

I Saw the Crisis Coming.  Why Didn't the Fed?  —  ALAN GREENSPAN, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, proclaimed last month that no one could have predicted the housing bubble.  “Everybody missed it,” he said, “academia, the Federal Reserve, all regulators.”  —  But that is not how I remember it.

New iPad launch-day estimate: 600,000-700,000 sold  —  Scattered reports of stockouts and a 9 a.m. headcount of 730 at New York's big glass cube  —  The iPad queue on Fifth Ave.  Photo: PED  —  Even with all the hype that preceded the launch of the iPad — or perhaps because of it …

Californians take generally positive view of healthcare reform  —  A new Times/USC poll shows voters saying by a 46%-29% margin they would be more likely to vote for a politician who had backed the health bill.  On immigration, the poll found continued polarization.

Israeli Amb.: Palestinians need to come to negotiating table  —  Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the U.S. described the relationship between the two countries as ‘great.’  —  Washington (CNN) - Israel's ambassador to the U.S. said Sunday that relations were good between …

Amnesty International Comes Out of the Closet — Endorses “Defensive” Jihad — By: Andy McCarthy  —  Former Gitmo detainee Moazzam Begg is a committed jihadist and unabashed supporter of the Taliban.  (See this Weekly Standard essay by Tom Joscelyn, which collects other Begg links.)