George Tiller Murder

Census Worker Hanging... What Pelosi Warned?

Landon Ross | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Landon Ross

We don't have all the facts regarding Bill Sparkman's death. Yet the fact that, upon hearing of this incident, politically minded people wonder whether the death was a result of right wing invective is telling.

FBI's investigation of Tiller killing looks at Roeder's jail visitors

Kansas City Star | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


The list of those visiting and communicating with the man accused of killing Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller reads like a who's who of anti-abor...

A Message To America's Wingnuts: Hey, Slow Down! (VIDEO)

Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.05.2009 | Comedy


Lee Stranahan

Summertime and the Republicans are crazy. I mean, literally crazy in a way that usually gets people kicked off public transportation.

Pregnant Women and Mothers Deserve Better

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


Lynn M. Paltrow

Implying that the decisions individual women make to have abortions is the same or worse than a holocaust denying and it should stop.

Scott Roeder: Operation Rescue Abandoned Me

Kansas City Star | Posted 08.26.2009 | Politics


The Kansas City man charged with killing Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller said in an interview he was angry at a major anti-abortion group that h...

Abortion Protest Leaves Tiller Clinic To Avoid Confrontation

McClatchy | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics


A possible confrontation over abortion never came to pass Saturday as opposing groups convened at noon at different locations. About 30 abortion oppo...

The White Supremacist in Us

Rinku Sen | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics


Rinku Sen

Collectively, we bemoan the backwardness of "some" people before we move on, thinking of racism as isolated extremism.

Jason Linkins

O'Reilly Rages Against Joan Walsh Over Tiller Murder (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.14.2009 | Media


Joan Walsh went on the O'Reilly Factor Friday night having publicly vowed to be well-prepared to defend the reproductive rights of women and the legality of Dr. Tiller's clinical practice, and truly doled out some major ownage.

About That DHS Report on Right-Wing Extremists

Karl Frisch | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media


Karl Frisch

In the wake of these attacks, it shouldn't be too much to ask that the DHS report be taken seriously rather than used to score political points.

Wichita: Murder, in the Name of Life

Rick Horowitz | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

Just two more murdered doctors, you're thinking, and it will have to stop...

The Terrorists Win

Jonathan Richards | Posted 07.11.2009 | Comedy


Jonathan Richards

Murder in the name of religious fanaticism. It has a familiar ring. ...

It's Time to "Profile" Potential Killers of Abortion Providers

Norm Stamper | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics


Norm Stamper

There's an axiom in police circles: if someone is determined to kill another there's not a whole lot you can do about it. Hogwash.

CNN: Giving Alleged Abortion Murderers a Platform

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics


Reese Schonfeld

Since when does CNN permit murder suspects to gloat over, or attempt to justify through a reporter, the results of the crime of which he is accused?

Anti-Abortion Group Interested In Buying George Tiller's Clinic

AP | MARGERY GIBBS | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics


OMAHA, Neb. — A Nebraska doctor said Wednesday that he will perform third-term abortions in Kansas after the slaying of abortion provider George...

Scott Roeder: A Terrorist Worth Waterboarding?

Ben Schwartz | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics


Ben Schwartz

Where is the right wing pro-torture faction when it comes to water boarding a domestic terrorist who happens to be a right-wing American?

Dr. George Tiller Didn't Have to Die

Amy Goodman | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


Amy Goodman

George Tiller did not have to die. His death might have been prevented simply through enforcement of existing laws.

Scott Roeder, Abortion Doctor Murder Suspect, Warns Of More Violence

AP | ROXANA HEGEMAN | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics


WICHITA, Kan. — The man charged with murdering a high-profile abortion doctor claimed from his jail cell Sunday that similar violence was planne...

Colleagues Say Tiller Knew Something Was Coming

McClatchy | Laura Bauer and Judy L. Thomas | Posted 07.06.2009 | Home


Two weeks before Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller was gunned down in his church, he called colleague Susan Hill in North Carolina....

George Tiller Investigation: DOJ Opens Probe Into Doctor's Murder

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday opened an investigation into the killing of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller to see whether ...

Blaming Bill: O'Reilly Is an Enabler, Not a Perpetrator

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Bill O'Reilly is to hate crime what Hip-Hop is to urban violence. His show should begin with a disclaimer: Don't Think This At Home.

Searching for Answers in the Shadow of George Tiller's Murder

Susan J. Demas | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics


Susan J. Demas

Some people know he did the right thing. What I'm not sure of is where that line is, between utter certitude in your beliefs and the willingness to kill for them. On Sunday, it got a lot blurrier.

The Party Of Eternal War Unites Against Obama (And America)

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

The reactions of right-wing, self-proclaimed "patriotic Americans" to Obama are almost word-for-word the same as the reactions from leading clerics of Iran. And the anti-Obama reaction of right-wing Zionist Israeli settlers and their Christian Zionist American supporters is just about word-for-word the same as the reaction of the leaders of Hamas.

O'Reilly Unrepentant, Tones Back 'Tiller the Killer' Rhetoric on First Show Since Murder

Brad Friedman | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics


Brad Friedman

His reportage is still as misleading and inaccurate as ever but we're happy to see O'Reilly toning back his own rhetoric.

"You Shall Not Murder" Exodus 20:13

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics


Rev. Debra Haffner

Scripture neither condemns nor prohibits abortion, but the Ten Commandments couldn't be more direct on murder.

Why I Wear the Penny: A Planned Parenthood Clinic Escort's Reaction to the Tiller Murder

Jason Notte | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


Jason Notte

My sister is a grown woman who, at some point, may need one of the many services Planned Parenthood has to offer. If she felt that someone might try to deny her access to these services, I would like her to know that her big brother will always be there to clear a path.