Badgers Forward says we need to vet and then accept former insurgents into Iraqi Forces. It’s the only way to move forward, he says.
CENTCOM reports that unmanned aerial vehicle teams from 1st Air Cavalry Brigade (ACB) have amassed 20,000 flight hours in the skies over Baghdad.
Last, but certainly not least important, Mary Beth Harrell, the […]

A couple of interesting stories for your reading pleasure this Wednesday:

David Axe over at War Is Boring is writing eloquently on his time with Dutch and Australian troops in Afghanistan. Plus, his firsthand accounts are often posted before any major papers pick up the stories. There are a number of posts — at least one […]

Governing.com’s 13th Floor reports on tomorrow’s election of a new mayor for Dallas:
Dallas voters will decide on a new mayor tomorrow, with the choices being businessman Tom Leppert, who the local media has deemed “a pleasant, decent, dedicated, hardworking, perfectly OK guy” and city councilman Ed Oakley, who the local media has deemed “a pleasant, […]

Interesting article in today’s The American Prospect online. A new study says the more secular residents there are in a neighborhood, the more conservative their religious neighbors become.
Let’s say you’re a progressive who isn’t religious, and you aren’t afraid to say so. You’ve long since cast off the beliefs your parents held, and you never […]

There seems to be a bit of a fight going on in the Texas political blogosphere regarding whether or not a Hillary nomination would harm down-ballot candidates. While I’m not really too interested in getting into the debate, I personally hope Hillary is not the Democratic candidate for president in 2008. I’m sick of dynasties […]

Ron Paul is lonely. The Republicans can’t stand his position on the war in Iraq and the Democrats can’t help but mock him as a loon. Does he deserve to be so alone? Yeah, probably Maybe. But it’s still nice to hear a Republican talk sensibly about the war.
Surely one of the highlights of the […]