another good piece from the atlantic:

andrew sullivan's the daily dish: (it too is SHORT, READ IT)

Mr Kurtz, He Dead Wrong

................The facts, moreover, are these: Palin singles out Giffords as a "target" for attack, illustrated by cross-hairs in gun sights, and urges supporters to "reload". This is pointed out at the time and Giffords herself worries that it took things over the edge. Palin had a chance to apologize or retract or soften the rhetoric. She did nothing of the kind...................