State of the Day: Mixed messages in the endless war. Perhaps we can blame the Iraqis.

Thus Blogs Anderson: CIA lawyer John Rizzo's confirmation hearings. Our interrogations were humane, except when they weren't.

Perrspectives: Health care is the latest red state failure, along with wages and education.

Prose Before Hos: A testimonial about a division of AmeriCorps under fire from the Bush administration.

Immigration Orange: One take on "Chiquita's admitted wrongdoings in Columbia."

Guest round up by Batocchio (batocchio9 AT yahoo DOT com).