Wednesday (Vacation) Reading

Watcher has posted this week's nominees by the Watcher's Council, and for once I've got time to lounge and read. Hope you do too, because it looks like a stellar list of great reads.

Do be sure to click on my non-Council nominee, Guns and Brains, from The New Yorker's blog. I used to read The New Yorker avidly, but left it as I left the Democratic party. This post is a good one, though.

Council links:

1. Discussing What Next in Iraq
   The Glittering Eye
2. False Posturing in Congress
   Bookworm Room
3. Prisoners to Prisoner Releases
   Soccer Dad
4. Palestinian Terrorists' Release -- Rattlesnake Logic
   Joshuapundit
5. Snark vs. Smart 2
   Done With Mirrors
6. Boy, Was Thomas Right
   The Colossus of Rhodey
7. Virginia's Clown Princes: Governor Tim Kaine & Co.
   The Education Wonks
8. Max Boot to Kissinger -- “Iraq Isn't Vietnam, Henry”
   ‘Okie’ on the Lam
9. The Limits of Student Speech and School Authority
   Rhymes With Right
10. Russia Vs. The US: No Contest
    Cheat Seeking Missiles
11. Little Noted But Long Remembered
    Right Wing Nut House
12. Dubai Ports Weird
    Big Lizards

Non-council links:

1. Meanwhile, in the Real World.
   Donklephant
2. (Updated) Foer: "Shock Troops" Just Practical Jokers
   The Weekly Standard
3. The Night Mitch McConnell Became the Leader of the Republican Party.
   Hugh Hewitt
4. General David Petraeus on the Conditions on the Ground in Iraq
   Hugh Hewitt (2)
5. ON THE FRONTLINE / Cpl. JOHN MATTHEW BISHOP: In the Shadows of Fallen Comrades
   The Atlanta Journal COnstitution
6. Does Biden Really Have the Better Shine?
   Kavips
7. The Brahmins of Labor
   Captain's Quarters
8. The 9/11 Generation
   The Weekly Standard (2)
9. Name That Party: Investigators
   Don Surber
10. Guns and Brains
    The New Yorker
11. Starting the Hidden Hero Charity Drive!
    Ace of Spades HQ
12. Watching the Debate Would Not Have Helped My Mental Health
    Classical Values
13. Defence Against the Dark Arts
    The Possum Bistro
14. Harry Potter and the Megan McArdle Article
    BitsBlog

Winners will be posted Friday morning. As always, thanks, Watcher!