Planned Parenthood Suspect Mentioned Politics, Abortion  —  The day after a gunman killed three people and shot nine others at a Colorado Planned Parenthood office, officials tell NBC News a motive remains unclear, but say the suspect talked about politics and abortion.

For Democrats, it's not just ‘demographics as destiny’  —  Democrats who happily think Donald Trump is helping to lead the Republican Party over the cliff could be looking at the state of American politics through too narrow a lens.  Whatever problems the GOP could be facing in the coming months and beyond …

A Wealthy Governor and His Friends Are Remaking Illinois … The richest man in Illinois does not often give speeches.  But on a warm spring day two years ago, Kenneth C. Griffin, the billionaire founder of one of the world's largest hedge funds, rose before a black-tie dinner of the Economic Club …

GOP donors wrestle with possibility of Trump nomination  —  When asked who he would vote for if the presidential race comes down to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the former mayor of Los Angeles and a longtime Republican establishment figure, Dick Riordan, says: “I would probably go find a deserted island.”

What the Paris Climate Meeting Must Do  —  In 1992, more than 150 nations agreed at a meeting in Rio de Janeiro to take steps to stabilize greenhouse gases at a level that would “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” — United Nations-speak for global warming.

Ohio State Law School Under Microscope For Reaction To 2L's Pro-Life Op-Ed  —  Washington Times, Ohio State Law School Under Microscope for Reaction to Pro-Life Column:  —  Student: Leaders more concerned about squelching conservative voice than ensuring safety.

Black religious leaders invited to Trump meeting say they won't endorse him  —  (CNN)Several black pastors invited to meet with Donald Trump on Monday have denied reports that they had plans to endorse the presidential candidate at the event.  —  Bishop Clarence McClendon …

Spain Yesterday, Syria Today  —  BETWEEN 1936 and 1939, the Spanish Civil War condensed the awful drama of the 1930s into one conflict.  Spain was where left-wing illusions about Stalinism went to die, where Hitler's war machine tuned up for the Blitzkrieg, where aerial bombardments of civilians …

Bully for Whom?  —  Serge Kovaleski and the Trump paradox.  —  “It's clear at this point that Donald Trump acts more like a bully than a ‘traditional’ presidential candidate,” observed New York magazine's Jesse Singal in September: … Singal consulted with a “bullying expert,” …