Essential Reads of the Day

Here's a good place to start. Peggy Noonan's column today examines "the bizarre passion of the 'pull the plug' people."

From the LA Times; a Mayo Clinic doctor changed his mind about Terri upon examination. See what Dr. William Cheshire has to say about Terri. The Times' article starts out good, in praise of Cheshire, but, of course he's marginalized toward the end because he's 'pro-life'.

The Washington Times has a piece which illustrates the not too surprising bias of the MSM. It's not revelatory, but it will show you how they have covered this monumental story.

On a day filled with disheartening news about Terri, here's some good news about Iraq from the New York Post Online Edition: (those who will delight in Terri's death will probably be horrified at this news)

March 24, 2005 -- BAGHDAD — U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 85 terror fighters at a suspected training camp along the marshy shores of a remote lake — one of the highest guerrilla death tolls of the two-year war, officials said yesterday.

The Washington Times is reporting that President Bush is characterizing the "Minuteman Project" as vigilantes. This may come back to bite him and any other politician who disregards this debachle. These are nothing more than concerned citizens outraged by the nonchalant politicos who refuse to do anything about our horrendous border problems.

And now for some bittersweet food for thought from the ever thoughtful Ann Coulter:

Greer has cut off the legal rights of Terri's real family and made her husband (now with a different family) her sole guardian, citing as precedent the landmark "Fox v. Henhouse" ruling of 1893. Throughout the process that would result in her death sentence, Terri was never permitted her own legal counsel. Evidently, they were all tied up defending the right to life of child-molesting murderers.

Given the country's fetishism about court rulings, this may be a rash assumption, but I presume if Greer had ordered that Terri Schiavo be shot at her husband's request — a more humane death, by the way — the whole country would not sit idly by, claiming to be bound by the court's ruling because of the "rule of law" and "federalism." President Bush would order the FBI to protect her and Gov. Bush would send in the state police.

What was supposed to be the "least dangerous" branch has become the most dangerous — literally to the point of ordering an innocent American woman to die, and willfully disregarding congressional subpoenas. They can't be stopped — solely because the entire country has agreed to treat the pronouncements of former ambulance-chasers as the word of God. The only power courts have is that everyone jumps when they say "jump." (Also, people seem a little intimidated by the black robes. From now on we should make all judges wear lime-green leisure suits.)