BRYAN PRESTON: MSNBC Coughs Up Hilarious Excuse for Embargoing Gosnell Trial.

SAYUNCLE: My Opinion, The Fix Is In.

CHRIS MATTHEWS: It’s Never Too Early To Blame Tea Partiers For Tragedies.

FOR 2014, the most vulnerable House incumbents. Also, the most vulnerable Senators.

TRANSPARENCY: White House won’t comment on failure to show massive tax burden of the ‘one percent.’

SUSANNAH BRESLIN: Welcome To Sin, Inc.

POLITICO: Reid Short Of Votes On Gun Control.

BRIDGET JOHNSON: Under Pressure, Hagel Replaces Dronefare Medal with ‘Distinguishing Device.’

A “FOR-PROFIT CORPORATE SPACE THAT’S SAFE FOR DEMOCRATS:” The Worst Buckraking Is the Kind You Don’t Realize You’re Doing.

A TAX SYSTEM THAT REQUIRES PROFESSIONAL PREPARERS IS A HUMAN-RIGHTS VIOLATION: Do my own taxes? I would not dare!

Tax forms are too complex for members of Congress to fill out on their own, several lawmakers told The Hill.

In fact, when broached with the question, “Do you fill out your own tax forms?” most members burst out laughing before admitting it was just too complicated.

I think members of Congress should be required to do their own taxes . . . .

JOHN HINDERAKER: One Word On The Boston Massacre. “The prompt and effective reaction by so many, amateurs as well as trained professionals, undoubtedly prevented the death toll from being much worse. We should be proud of our fellow citizens.”

Related: “The good outnumber you, and we always will.”

UPDATE: The Grotesque Politicization Of The Boston Bombing.

JAMES TARANTO: From Roe to Gosnell: “Here is incontrovertible proof that Kirsten Powers and Conor Friedersdorf are correct in arguing that the murder trial of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell has received insufficient media coverage: On Friday, Snopes.com was compelled to publish a page confirming that the story is real, not merely an urban legend.”

NOW OUT FROM MICHAEL TOTTEN: Taken: A Novel.

There’s a Kindle version, too.

WHAT THE WHITE SMOKE MEANS: Bomb-Blast Forensics: The First Steps.

UNIVERSAL ATTRACTIVENESS and the meaning of our chins.

LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: ‘Most children learn how to swear before they even know the alphabet’: Forget the ABC, toddlers prefer the F word.

AT AMAZON, It’s the Swim Shop. Summer is coming!

MY USA TODAY COLUMN FOR TOMORROW IS ON THE GOSNELL CASE: Breaking Media Silence: Media bias exists not only in how they cover stories, but in their choice of stories to cover. And not to cover.

PRO TIP: If You Commit A Crime, Distract The Victim With Your Boobs.

THE FIRST MARTIANS: They’re us. “So far, almost 40,000 people from all over the world have applied to become Martians. This is many more than I had imagined.”

JUST A REMINDER: Based on past experience, at least half of what you’re hearing about Boston this afternoon will turn out to be wrong by tomorrow. And journalists/pundits: Try not to speculate in the absence of data. You don’t know anything either.

BREAKING: TWO EXPLOSIONS AT BOSTON MARATHON: Updates from Ed Driscoll and Hot Air. Bloomberg TV currently has a live stream on the story.  CBS Boston has the initial video of the explosions.

UPDATE: First reports are always unreliable, but this looks pretty bad.

ANOTHER UPDATE: More from the Boston Herald, whose servers are groaning under the load. “It’s chaos down here. Two bombs just went off at the finish line within five seconds of each other. There must be casualties. Now I’m seeing fire trucks and ambulances racing down Boylston Street toward the scene.”

MORE: Photos, some appalling, at The Atlantic. (Bumped).

GOOD NEWS: Divorce Rates Declining In The U.S. (Interactive Map). “Every state in the U.S. that tracks divorce rates saw a drop in the number of people getting divorced over the last 20 years.”

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LEGAL EDUCATION UPDATE: What Ails The Law Schools?