Open thread

Apologies for my silence today, but I let deadlines pile up and I now have to face that dismal music.  It’s entirely my own fault, because I wanted to blog, not do paying work, but the paying work has to be done — and I certainly owe it to my clients to do their projects and do them well.

In the meantime, if you are looking for stuff to tickle your brain, I can highly recommend the selections this week at the Watcher’s Council:

  1. “Evolution” = “Growth”
    Soccer Dad
  2. Making Capitalists
    Bookworm Room
  3. The Audacity of Newsweek
    Wolf Howling
  4. Curiouser and Curiouser
    The Glittering Eye
  5. And People think George W. Bush Is a Moron
    The Colossus of Rhodey
  6. BUMPED: McCain Ahead In Electoral Vote Race?
    Rhymes With Right
  7. Where we went wrong
    Hillbilly White Trash
  8. Protecting Marriage
    Done With Mirrors
  9. Los Angeles’ Combat High School
    The Education Wonks
  10. Lebanon Becomes Hezbollahstan
    Joshuapundit
  11. And Tango Makes 420
    Cheat Seeking Missiles
  12. Poll: Aberica Is a Sucky Place To Live Right Now
    Right Wing Nut House

Non-council links:

  1. POLITICS: Yes, Experience Matters
    Baseball Crank
  2. Obama on Lebanon: Cognitive Egocentric Porridge
    Augean Stables
  3. Lebanon’s “300” Heroes
    Ya Libnan
  4. Numb
    Kaboom: A Soldier’s War Journal
  5. Is the Criminal-Justice System Racist?
    City Journal
  6. Military Exceeds All Recruiting Goals
    UrbanGrounds
  7. Minn: Muslim Students Force Out Disabled Teacher With Dog
    Atlas Shrugs
  8. The Fall-Out: How a Guilty Liberal Lost His Innocence
    Democratiya
  9. Heroes and Villains
    Dr. Sanity
  10. “We Are All Jews Now!”
    All Things Beautiful
  11. Has Obama “Lost His Bearings”?
    Sister Toldjah
  12. Holding Things Accountable for What Men Do With Them
    Classical Values
  13. Monopsony Madness
    The Atlantic
  14. Boris Scares Cameroonies
    Dodgeblogium

As you see, I’ve denominated this post an open thread, so feel free to chime in on subjects that interest you.  I’ll be back later (you know I will!).