Wednesday Reading

Here it is, some of the best reads on the blogosphere, selected by the Watcher's Council and brought to you by the Watcher of Weasels:

Council links:

1. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
   Bookworm Room
2. How Do You Know When a Bridge Needs Attention?
   The Glittering Eye
3. Gonzales, Intelligence, and Perjury: The Penultimate Word
   Big Lizards
4. Agents of Influence *UPDATED*
   Soccer Dad
5. I Didn't Do Squat -- Now Give Me a Passing Grade!
   The Colossus of Rhodey
6. Tancredo and Tonic
   Done With Mirrors
7. The Racists, Classists At Mother Jones
   Cheat Seeking Missiles
8. Newsweek Attacks Global Warming Deniers
   ‘Okie’ on the Lam
9. Is This How To Build a Better NCLB?
   The Education Wonks
10. Grading Policies
    Rhymes With Right
11. Olmert Evicts Jews From Hebron
    Joshuapundit
12. My Excellent Adventure At Yearlykos
    Right Wing Nut House

Non-council links:

1. Is DailyKos Really Rush for Liberals?
   Road to the Middle CLass
2. The Crystal Ball
   The Belmont Club
3. Beauchamp Recants
   The Weekly Standard
4. "Grim Milestone" Reached: 500 Palestinian Arabs Killed By Each Other This Year
   Elder of Ziyon
5. Rise Up Theory of Economics
   The Right Scale
6. Propaganda Redux
   OpinionJournal
7. Trapped Within the Dragon's Lair -- Exclusive
   Right Truth
8. Bread and a Circus, Part II of II
   Michael Yon
9. Liberal Bloggers Conference ‘Sea of Middle-Aged White Males’
   La Shawn Barber's Corner
10. A Bridge Too Far
    Lone Star Times
11. My View of Islam
    The Washington Post
12. "Diversity" and the Rhetorical Dodge
    Protein Wisdom
13. Lexicon
    Logosphilia
14. Tom Allen: Getting By With a Little Help from His Friends
    Dodgeblogium

This week for my non-Council entry, I nominated Right Truth's Trapped Within the Dragon's Lair -- Exclusive, an important post on China that inspired me to write my own post on the subject last weekend. As you consider that the Beijing Olympics are just a year away, think on these things ... but be wary of the photos in the Right Truth post; there's one in there that may cause lunch-losing.

I also draw your attention to Logosphilia's Lexicon. The author, Matt, sent it over to me to ask if he should consider sending it in through the Watcher's Offer of Link Whorage. I said definitely.