At the "to go forth" blog, Aaron Weldon, who works at the USCCB Cmte on Pro-Life Activities, on the myth of individual independence.
Democrats for Life urges Senate Democrats to stop holding up passage of the human trafficking bill because they object to Hyde Amendment language that has been included in all such legislation for decades. Whatever you think of the bill, or of the Hyde Amendment, if Democrats decide to attack the Hyde Amendment, they can never, ever again accuse the GOP of being polarizing with a stright face.
Peter Berkowitz, at RealClearPolitics, predicts that Bibi Netanyahu's big win at the polls will not result in a more rightward lurch by the next government. Let's hope he is right.