Palestinians' backing for terror rises  —  The number of Palestinians who support attacks against Israelis continues to rise and more than half of them favor suicide bombings, according to a poll published this weekend.  —  The survey also showed that Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh …

Dem voter surge could cut Clinton margin  —  An historic spike in Democratic voter registrations in Pennsylvania could help Barack Obama cut into Hillary Clinton's vote in Tuesday's primary, robbing her of the big victory margin she needs to justify continuing the primary fight.

Clinton, Obama on the attack in Pa.  —  Democrats trade jabs ahead of crucial Pa. primary; McCain targets Obama  —  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama headed Monday into the final day of campaigning before the Pennsylvania primary after swapping some of their most negative attacks yet …

But the melody lingers on  —  I've spent the weekend with the Democrats—yesterday with Obama, today with Clinton.  I'll have a lot more to say about the race in my print column this week...but a few quick notes from Pennsylvania:  —  Substance: Both Clinton's and Obama's stump speeches have collapsed into blatant pandering.

Rice Praises ‘Coalescing Center’ in Iraqi Politics  —  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit here Sunday to promote what she called the “coalescing center” of Iraqi politics around the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.  —  The visit followed a night …

Exodus Exegesis  —  Every presidential campaign has to produce a stream of appropriate statements for religious holidays, patriotic commemorations, and the like.  Campaigns don't expect to win votes with these messages.  They produce them because there's a risk of giving offense to some group or other if they don't.

Party Chiefs Plan Push To Avoid Long Fight  —  Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton unveiled new negative television ads and attacked each other personally from the stump this weekend ahead of Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary, stoking more worries among Democrats that the party's eventual nominee …

CAIR'S FIRST CONGRESSMAN  —  The Council on American-Islamic Relations holds itself out as a civil rights group and has insinuated itself into programs sponsored by government agencies as a bona fide spokesman for America's Islamic community.  Knowledgeable observers have nevertheless long had their doubts about CAIR.

Relativity and the Prelate  —  A couple of points on relativity / relativism  —  (1) Neither the special nor the general theory of relativity asserted that “everything is relative.”  All they did was to replace a model of physical reality built around … with a different model built around

CU's 4/20 pot smoke-out draws crowd of 10,000  —  Police issue zero tickets during annual marijuana celebration  —  A crowd of about 10,000 people collectively began counting down on the University of Colorado's Norlin Quadrangle just before 4:20 p.m. Sunday.

Human Wave Flees Violence in Zimbabwe  —  ALONG THE SOUTH AFRICA-ZIMBABWE BORDER — Sarah Ngewerume was driven to the river by despair.  —  She said she had seen gangs loyal to Zimbabwe's longtime president, Robert Mugabe, beating people — some to death — in the dusty roads of her village.