The text of Bishop Joseph Martino’s letter to his congregation just ahead of Respect for Life Sunday. Gov. Palin’s strong message for the unborn. A high school in Texas picks Kristin Pass, who has Down syndrome, as its homecoming queen. Two young conservatives make a comprehensive case against Obama. The Guardian explains the embrarssing thing about Colin Powell’s dance routine. Hanna Rosin has a long and heartbreaking article about the little boy who insists he is a girl. Two videobloggers try to create an online culture of citizenship. T. aka Ricky Raw explains the Rearden in action. Ross Douthat briefly considers haters. From the left, so does James Kirchick. A few years ago, Todd Shackelford co-authored an interesting academic article about uxoricide that is now online. The Washington Post writes that the market was never at all ”free.” Libertarian, African-American Obama supporter John McWhorter writes about explaining a loss, and Gerald Early writes about emerging black narratives. George Weigel writes about Catholic Obama supporters, and Ramesh Ponneru has some additional thoughts. Carl Zimmer suggests that Darwin would have loved botox. From the American Enterprise Institute, a detailed analysis of the role of Fannie and Freddie in our current housing mess, including more than $1 trillion of subprime and Alt-A investments, almost all of which were added to their single-family book of business between 2005 and 2007. A longtime university employee bemoans the destruction that often ensues due to the widespread assumption that college is for everyone. From the Claremont Review of Books: reforming big government and the surprising and impressive audacity of Obama. The provocative John Zmirik has an essay concerning God and Ceasar.