By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 01/12/11 9:12 AM

• Obama, House turn to Tucson

  By ALEXANDER BURNS | 1/12/11 7:44 AM

  The president will arrive in Arizona Wednesday to address a memorial gathering for the victims.

• Obama hopes for healing in Arizona

  By GLENN THRUSH & SCOTT WONG | 1/12/11 7:31 AM

  

• Shooting presents 2012 test

  By MOLLY BALL | 1/12/11 8:00 AM

  The GOP’s presidential hopefuls are faced with the delicate task of finding an appropriate response.

• Arizona blocks funeral protests

  By SCOTT WONG & JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 1/12/11 6:19 AM

  Brewer signs bill establishing buffer zone.

  • Brewer: Arizona is a place of ‘heroes’
  • Arizona to Obama: Rise above the ‘vitriol’

• Loughner’s parents horrified, baffled

  By ALEXANDER BURNS & DARREN SAMUELSOHN | 1/12/11 5:25 AM

  Also, Clinton calls for change in political climate.

  • Loughner’s supremacists tie debunked

• Playbook: Lawmakers return

  By MIKE ALLEN | 1/12/11 7:45 AM

  They will attend a security briefing today.

  • Morning Score: Smoke signals
  • Morning Money: Geithner to talk China
  • POLITICO Pulse: Repeal debate toned down
  • Morning Tech: Comcast-NBC picks up steam
  • Mornng Energy: What comes after oil report?
  • Morning Defense: Hu to call for new Korea talks
  • The Huddle: Palin hits Bob Brady

• Jan Brewer shows a different side

  By SCOTT WONG | 1/12/11 8:16 AM

  

• Somber mood envelops Capitol

  By JONATHAN ALLEN & JAKE SHERMAN | 1/12/11 6:37 AM

  Democrats and Republicans unite to honor Gabrielle Giffords and commemorate those who were slain.

• Giffords staff boosted by support

  By MEREDITH SHINER | 1/12/11 6:53 AM

  They find comfort in the public outpouring as they continue to work for the district’s constituents.

• Sanders: Ariz. safe for non-GOP-ers?

  By DAVID CATANESE | 1/12/11 8:26 AM

  The senator wonders whether all can “participate freely” in the democratic process there.

• Bill would ban guns near lawmakers

  By SHIRA TOEPLITZ | 1/12/11 8:30 AM

  Rep. Peter King is hoping to use the Tucson shooting to spark tougher gun control legislation.

• House rolls out Giffords resolution

  By JAKE SHERMAN | 1/12/11 6:58 AM

  

• Bloomberg: Let’s talk gun control

  By JUANA SUMMERS | 1/11/11 11:14 PM

  He calls accused shooter “a disgrace to democracy” and advocates changes in federal gun policy.

Postings of a Troubled Mind – Berzon, Emshwiller & Guth, Wall Street Journal
Police Visited Killer’s Home Before Rampage – Becker & Johnson, NY Times
Massacre, Followed by Libel – Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Hate Speech in Arizona – Rev. Jesse Jackson, Huffington Post
A Phony Climate of Hate – David Harsanyi, Denver Post
Loughner’s Insanity Defense – Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
The Perils of Letting Lunatics Drive Public Policy – Jacob Sullum, Reason
How Do Brain Injuries Heal? – Michelle Bryner, Life’s Little Mysteries
In Book, Pawlenty Touts Achievements, Humility – Conroy & McPike, RCP
Payroll Tax Cut Will Create Jobs – Vice President Joe Biden, USA Today
Governor Brown’s Budget Plan: Pain Everywhere – Tim Rutten, LA Times
Obama Can’t Show Weakness on China – David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
The Real Problem With China – David Leonhardt, New York Times
The Authoritarian Media – James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
When Congress Was Armed And Dangerous – Joanne Freeman, NY Times
Hateful Words Have Consequences – Joe Scarborough, Politico
Debate on ‘Tone’ Designed to Vilify Tea Party – Michael Moynihan, Reason

Editorials

A Year Later, Haiti Still in Misery’s Grip – St. Petersburg Times
Too Soon for Lessons, Lectures From Arizona Shooting – The Oklahoman
Ending Illinois Death Penalty an Historic Moment – Chicago Sun-Times
Obama Insults the United Kingdom. Again – Investor’s Business Daily

• Tucson’s ricocheting consequences

  By CHARLES POSTEL | 1/12/11 8:22 AM

  Opinion: History shows political violence creates many unintended repercussions.

• Hold bad political actors accountable

  By JOE SCARBOROUGH | 1/12/11 6:30 AM

  Opinion: People should ask political leaders and cable news cheerleaders to start showing restraint.

• The false rush to cry ‘balance’

  By MICHAEL KINSLEY | 1/11/11 4:47 PM

  Opinion: Sure, NPR tilts to the left. But not the way Fox News tilts toward the right.

• Gun sales soar 60 percent in Arizona

  By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 1/12/11 7:21 AM

  

• Pawlenty jabs Palin over ‘crosshairs’

  By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 1/12/11 5:26 AM

  On Sarah PAC map: “I wouldn’t have done it.”

  • Franks takes defense of Palin to a new level

• Missing from shooting debate: Guns

  By MOLLY BALL & SHIRA TOEPLITZ | 1/11/11 3:20 PM

  Few politicians are talking about tougher laws in the wake of the Tucson tragedy.

• Security meeting tops Boehner’s list

  By JAKE SHERMAN | 1/11/11 11:22 AM

  Back in Washington Tuesday, the House speaker plans to huddle with the sergeant at arms.

• POLITICO44

  Arizona awaits Obama

  The president, the first lady, Holder, Napolitano and Kennedy will fly to a memorial service.

• The Arena

  Palin’s ‘blood libel’ defense fair?

  “Our political discourse would be elevated if she would just be quiet.” What’s your take?

• CLICK

  Photo finish

  A judge tossed the AP’s copyright suit against “HOPE” poster creator Shepard Fairey.

• Tragedy may soften health debate

  By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN & JENNIFER HABERKORN | 1/12/11 6:15 AM

  

• Poll: Obama highest approval in nearly a year

  By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 1/12/11 9:38 AM

  Fifty-three percent of Americans surveyed say they approve of how the president is doing his job.

• Angle defends herself, tea party

  By JENNIFER EPSTEIN | 1/12/11 7:02 AM

  She calls critics “dangerous and ignorant” for blaming the political right for the Arizona shooting.

• After Kabul, Biden visits Pakistan

  By CAROL E. LEE | 1/12/11 6:29 AM

  He will discuss anti-terrorism and the war.

  • Biden visits troops in Afghanistan

• Ex-DeLay aides thrive in GOP

  By JOHN BRESNAHAN | 1/12/11 6:04 AM

  His alums are populating the upper reaches of Republican leadership jobs in the House.

• Christie: Rudy’s in ‘peanut gallery’

  By JUANA SUMMERS | 1/12/11 9:49 AM

  

• Huckabee up in another Iowa poll

  By DAN HIRSCHHORN | 1/12/11 6:25 AM

  Survey shows his strength statewide and nationally.

  • Huckabee: Loughner a ‘whack job nut maggot’

• Redistricting imperils Kucinich

  By ALEX ISENSTADT | 1/12/11 8:52 AM

  “We are going to have to prepare for a different kind of election,” he says in e-mail.

• For EPA, climate tough in Senate

  By ROBIN BRAVENDER | 1/12/11 5:24 AM

  GOP has prioritized unraveling climate rules.

  • Senate Whip count: EPA climate regulations

• Obama may skip Hill on Gulf spill

  By DARREN GOODE | 1/12/11 8:13 AM

  The president asks his staff to determine whether he can use executive orders to bypass Congress.

• Barbour: Build civil rights museum

  By GABRIEL BELTRONE & JUANA SUMMERS | 1/12/11 8:52 AM

  

• Big banks brace for curbs

  By JOHN MAGGS | 1/12/11 8:48 AM

  Officials say they’re already losing traders to hedge funds in anticipation of the new regulations.

• Budget chairmen back Elmendorf

  By JOHN MAGGS | 1/12/11 6:34 AM

  Rep. Paul Ryan joins Sen. Kent Conrad in defending the Democratic CBO chief.

• ATF to help probe Turton car fire

  By JOSH GERSTEIN | 1/12/11 10:01 AM

  Federal agents will assist police looking into the death of the former Hill staffer.

• GOP can eclipse Obama

  By JIM HARPER | 1/12/11 6:53 AM

  Opinion: Republicans can use the Internet to do better than the president’s run at transparency.

• Rush: Loughner has Dems’ ‘support’

  By KEACH HAGEY | 1/12/11 6:04 AM

  

• Don’t repeat error of picking Steele

  By FRANK FAHRENKOPF & JIM NICHOLSON | 1/12/11 7:14 AM

  Opinion: In 2010, under the chairman’s leadership, the committee failed to meet its obligations.

• Vicki Kennedy won’t run

  By DAVID CATANESE | 1/12/11 5:31 AM

  Ted Kennedy’s widow: “No elective office for me”

  • Kennedy points finger at Sarah Palin

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Loughner and How America Treats Its Mentally Ill

by Benjamin Kerstein

I have no sympathy for what Loughner did. Nonetheless, as someone with a mild form of mental illness, I can speak from personal experience about how badly America deals with its mentally ill.

We Don’t Fetishize the Constitution; We Dread Tyranny

by Stephen Green

Still though, I can’t be the only one who, when constantly accused of fetishizing the Constitution, pictures a very old piece of parchment decked out in a black leather merry widow and stiletto-heeled boots, right?

Politics and the Schizophrenic’s Language

by Neo-Neocon

Do mere words have the power to ignite acts such as Saturday’s shooting?

Another Stupid Idea from the Donkey Side of the Aisle

by Roger Kimball

Making language or symbols that are perceived as “threatening” against the law is a bad idea.

Obama — Making It Up as We Go Along

by Victor Davis Hanson

Obama has temporarily jettisoned his liberal agenda for seemingly no agenda.

Will Conservative Media Elites Defend Lars Hedegaard?

by Andrew G. Bostom

It is long past time for our media figures to pay attention to the “hate speech” prosecutions of our brethren in Denmark.

A Feminist Look at Palin’s Military Jargon

by Kyle-Anne Shiver

The left-wing jabs at the Palin piñata in the wake of a horrible tragedy ought to be enough to convince more Americans of the moral vacuity of the “progressive” community.

How to Turn a Tragedy into an Emetic

by Roger Kimball

A question for the metaphysicians and cultural pathologists: just how low can former-economist Paul Krugman, hysteric-in-chief for the New York Times, go?

Obama’s Irrelevant Bid for Mideast Peace

by Benjamin Kerstein

The status quo hands the president a Mideast defeat.

The Top 15 Immigration Lies

by Ruben Navarrette Jr.

Let’s put our cards on the table and have a nice clean game.

Shooting in Tucson

by Ed Driscoll

A horrific shooting incident on Saturday has left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) critically wounded, Federal Judge John M. Roll and five others dead, and 11 others wounded. For Pajamas Media’s coverage of the incident, don’t miss:

• Ed Driscoll: Horrific: Arizona Congresswoman Shot, Federal Judge Killed
• Richard Fernandez on suspected gunman Jared Lee Loughner
• Zombie with Loughner’s video manifesto and a transcript
• Michael Ledeen on The MSM’s rush to judgement
• Driscoll on “Putting the Narrative Before the Horse”
• And continuous updates on Instapundit

The Iranian War of All vs. All

by Michael Ledeen

Having lost legitimacy in the eyes of their own people, Iran’s leaders lash out at real and imagined enemies.

‘Michele Bachmann for President’ and Other Strange but True Stories

by Jazz Shaw

She can raise a ton of money and has national name recognition, but has no legislative record and carries a reputation as a bomb thrower.

Meanwhile, Back in Old Media…

by Ed Driscoll

The movie and music industries are both rapidly aging mediums with record low sales in 2010. Aging stars and contempt towards their audiences aren’t helping their woes.

Asleep at the Scalpel

by Theodore Dalrymple

Is it better to have a tired doctor, or no doctor at all?

Debt Ceiling Russian Roulette

by Rick Moran

Senator DeMint wants to play the game with a slight variation: load five chambers with bullets while leaving only one empty, and pull the trigger.

Why the Constitution Is Relevant Today

by Barry Rubin

Those who mock the Constitution have it backwards.

Time for Some Small-Government Optimism … and to Repeal ObamaCare

by Jeffrey H. Anderson

Americans oppose ObamaCare by huge margins.

The Outsider

by Richard Fernandez

Without quite realizing it, Western liberals have turned out the lights; they should rightly fear what lurks in the shadow.

Democrats’ New Strategy: Keep the Same Leaders, Defend Their Bad Legislation (Updated)

by Bryan Preston

The Republicans should welcome the fight. UPDATE: Link to the Democrats’ talking points added.

The New PJM ‘Transparency Project’: Questions for Our Readers

by Roger L Simon

President Obama promised his administration would have an “unprecedented level of openness.” Perhaps the readers of PJM and the viewers of PJTV can lend a hand.

New Year’s Leap of Faith

by Claudia Rosett

If my uncertainties about looming healthcare, Internet and environmental regulations are in any way typical, then a lot of working Americans are living with a staggering degree of uncertainty right now.

Israel’s Stand Against Islamism Holds

by P. David Hornik

An outstanding new volume explains the sources of its success.

Texas Speaker’s Race Heats Up: John Bolton Endorses Challenger

by Bryan Preston

The mustache weighs in.

The Spaghetti Strategy: Advice to Republicans

by Chris Salcedo

A strategy to advance freedom by keeping President Obama and his radical appointees on the defensive.

The Problems and Pitfalls of Child Porn Laws

by Clayton E. Cramer

Laws protecting children may be in need of revision.

When Leftists Rage Against ‘Them’ (UPDATED)

by Victor Davis Hanson

Who is really to blame for wrecking Greece, ruining California, subverting the climate change movement, and discrediting mega-deficit spending? (Update: Don’t miss Ed Driscoll and Richard Fernandez, for their takes on VDH’s latest post.)

How Obama Gets to 270 in 2012

by Myra Adams

It’s all in the math — and the numbers aren’t looking good for the GOP.

When Gas Hits Four Dollars a Gallon, Will It Be Slow Enough for Obama This Time?

by AWR Hawkins

High gas prices don’t bother our president.

PJM Political: All Good Things…

by Ed Driscoll

PJM Political sadly concludes its run, with a look back at the man of the year of 2010, and highlights from the show’s guests over the past three years.

Good Riddance to 2010: What’s Going to Happen in 2011?

by Frank J. Fleming

Amazing predictions of major events that will almost certainly, probably, mostly occur in 2011 unless nothing happens.

‘European Anarchists Grow More Violent, Coordinated’

by Richard Fernandez

Pace the unintentionally ironic USA Today headline quoted above, it is impossible to understand the politics of the Left without grasping that it is all about deniable intimidation.

Happy New Year, Ahmadinejad…from Bristol Farms, Amazon and The Chef’s Warehouse!

by Roger L Simon

Why are big-name American retailers putting money into the hands of the Iranian mullahs?

Sarah for President?

by David Solway

There is probably no one more qualified for the White House than Sarah Palin. But is she electable?

Denis Dutton, R.I.P.

by Roger Kimball

I can remember when 66 seemed almost venerable. It seems absurdly young now for the editor of the renowned Arts & Letters Daily website to have passed away this week.

Frances Fox Piven Calls for a 21st Century Cloward-Piven Strategy

by Ron Radosh

The second time as farce.

Model Student, Sports Star Suspended for Paring Knife Mix-Up (Updated: School Press Statement Added)

by Bryan Preston

Zero tolerance common sense. UPDATE: School responds, I Google.

Democrats Force ‘Birther’ Issue to Rise Again: What Gives?

by Kyle-Anne Shiver

I believe that the president was born in Hawaii. But am I the only curious cat who thinks it’s rather odd for that state’s newly-elected governor, plus Chris Matthews of MSNBC, both liberal Democrats, to have just forced the “Birther” issue to rise again?

The Ground Zero Mosque’s Imam: Now On Tour!

by Ryan Mauro

Brace yourself for a slick sensitivity roadshow.

Is There a Cure for Liberalism?

by Bryan Preston

Yet another study says biology may lurk in our political beliefs.

Is the Three-Day Holiday a Right?

by Michael Swartz

Roll back the government worker three-day weekend bonanza.

The Obamas Police Food and Football (Updated)

by Bryan Preston

Why their comments on Michael Vick and school lunches make us queasy.

How Did All That Happen?

by Victor Davis Hanson

How did villains become heroes, global warming become “climate change,” and the most liberal senator become a “bipartisan” president?

Question Insanity: What to Ask Progressives

by Oleg Atbashian

An ex-Soviet immigrant goes Socratic on his liberal American critics.

PJM Political: Christmas in Poliwood

by Ed Driscoll

A special Christmas-themed edition of PJTV’s Poliwood, featuring Roger L. Simon and Lionel Chetwynd. Plus the return of the prodigal blogger, Bill Whittle, to the virtual set of Trifecta. And Joe Hicks on the Pigford Settlement. Hosted by the VodkaPundit himself, Stephen Green.

Henry Kissinger’s Vile and Inexcusable Remarks to Nixon

by Ron Radosh

Kissinger to Soviet Jewry: Drop Dead.

Exclusive PJ Institute Video: ‘The Holocaust Would Not Have Happened Without People Like Him’

Special undercover interviews of a Nazi officer, one of Himmler’s inner circle, who was at the trigger point of the Holocaust in 1941. This exclusive video is from the PJ Institute, the education and research arm of Pajamas Media and PJTV.

WikiLeaks Cables Confirm Worst Fears of Climate Skeptics

by Charlie Martin

Domestic political considerations far outweighed any scientific basis for the Copenhagen Accord.

It’s the Jews, Stupid! (What Was the Question?)

by Michael Ledeen

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Sarah, She Wolf of the GOP

by Zombie

Is the reason liberals obsess about Sarah Palin their need to be dominated in a psycho-sexual way?

Former PJM DC Editor to Washington Post

by Ed Driscoll

Congratulations to Jennifer Rubin, formerly of PJM, PJTV, Commentary and the Weekly Standard, now the WaPo’s newest blogger.

Happy Birthday, Pajamas Media

by Roger L Simon

Pajamas Media makes it to five years old … with mistakes and some successes too.

‘No Pressure’: Fascistic New Video Red-Lines the Eco-Insanity Meter

by Ed Driscoll

England’s Green Police takes capital punishment for heretical thinking seriously.

Studying the Washington Post and Newsweek Kremlinologist-Style

by Ed Driscoll

Or even Nixonologist-style: a modern-day equivalent of Woodward and Bernstein would have lots of fun tying together all of the strange stories that have circulated recently from the former home of Ben Bradlee and Katharine Graham.

New Black Panther Video: ‘You Want Freedom? You’re Gonna Have to Kill Some Crackers’

by Ed Driscoll

Radical Chic: The Next Generation. (Also see PJTV: J. Christian Adams: NAACP Lobbied Obama Administration to Dismiss New Black Panther Case.)