Iraq, Darfur, Al-Qaeta, "No blog for you!"

- Nice article by Michael Totten on the prospects and perils of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq soon. This goes hand-in-hand with the leaked memo in the U.K. press revealing that the Coalition hopes to withdraw the majority of their troops from Iraq over the next year. It also may reflect what some have been thinking, that the quickest way to get the Iraqis to put their house in order is to let them know that they'll be responsible for their own security in the not-too-distant future.

- Never Again - again. Animated cartoon on the ongoing Darfur genocide.

- Flash presentation on al-Qaeta related terrorists attacks since 1998, at WindsofChange.net.

- Good posts and comments here and here on an anonymous article which appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education indicating that blogging can be dangerous to grad students' job prospects. Educational with regards to how academic hiring really works a lot of the time.