It's testimony to the widespread respect for the resource that Wikipedia is now being incorporated - cautiously - into judicial decisions. (PjM)

Go Wiki!

Interesting idea for a list: the top 10 books people lie about having read.

I'm 0 for 10, and mostly proud of it. (#1 and #2 are imminent reads and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World should cover for #5.)

The Northern Gleaner: good thoughts on prayer, positivism, and [looks sheepish] fellow bloggers.

LVMI: on the (non-)correlation between wealth and happiness.

Libertarianism definitely suffers from at least some degree of Ivory Tower syndrome. It seems the facts are that many people throughout the last century have been forced to choose between food and freedom. That's not an easy choice.

Daily Kos links to a video of the recreational violence that is plaguing Baghdad. (Older viewers only please.)

Wait a minute: isn't the ISF supposed to be a non-sectarian representation of a stable, democratic Iraq? What's with all the Sunni/Shiite animosity within the force? Someone help me out here.



And yes, keep praying.