Selected reading

• There’s a few note-worthy takes on the murder of George Tiller. First, Ann Friedman describes how President Obama should react to the violence & intimidation of abortion providers.
• Michelle Goldberg wonders whether this is just an opening salvo from the eliminationist factions of the right.
• DailyKos diarist Lorree notes that Tiller wasn’t just an abortionist.
• And in Salon, Gabriel Winant reminds people about Bill O’Reilly’s habit of targeting Tiller for personal attacks.
• Elsewhere, since loads of people are out of work, there’s a huge increase in volunteering.
• Related slightly to my post on social care from a few days back, Annalisa Barbieri wonders what would happen if we provided the care for our ageing parents.
• Paul Krugman reassesses the Reagan era in the context of our current economic woes.
• Marc Lynch has another must-read about the Obama administration’s approach to Israel-Palestine.
• In The Times, Caroline Scott revisits Gloucester, Massachusetts, where a spate of teen pregnancies gave the small town national media attention.
• And this Ariane Sherine piece is just brilliantly funny.