Whippersnapp: Overdue props for the daunting job of war journalism

Simply Left Behind: Draft Jenna, NotJenna, and other neocon spawn now!

Vagabond Scholar: A cartoon offers a more complex, nuanced perspective on the problems in Iraq than we typically get from Washington, and certainly than we get from Bush or anyone in his administration

The American Mind: A little-known Senate organizing resolution, passed in January, gives Democrats control of the Senate and committee chairmanships until the beginning of the 111th Congress...that's with or without Holy Joe

Booman Tribune: Gen. David Petraeus’s new “surge” plan is committing U.S. troops, day by day, to a much deeper and longer-term role in policing Iraq than since the earliest days of the U.S. occupation. How long must we stay under the Petraeus plan? Perhaps 10 years.

Unqualified Offerings: We must invade Iraq!