Balloon Juice - Trump's nonexistent cyberdeterrence;

Blue in the Bluegrass - Trump won't kill off American Christianity;

Feministing - favorite feminist writings of 2017;

PERRspectives - the "we told you so" president;

The Mahablog - stuff to read.

Steve in Manhattan (@blogenfreude) blogs at stinque.com and was blessed by the appearance of a kosher ham at Christmas.

Send requests and suggestions to MBRU@crooksandliars.com (with "for MBRU" in the subject line).