Talking Points Memo Has Two Great Posts. I think that just because he's agreeing with me.

In the first he quotes Dr. Brzezinski, "We have never been as isolated globally, literally never, since 1945." In the one below he thinks the Turkey mess is a big deal and further evidence of incompetence.

He notes that this is more evidence of what he talked about last fall in "Confidence Men - Why the myth of Republican competence persists, despite all the evidence to the contrary" where he compared the Bush presidency to Enron.

Too Many to Blog - The Washington Monthly and The New York Times Magazine have a number of good articles.

More On Civil Disobedience -- going on strike and blockading military bases when war starts.

The Human Shields are returning now, complaining about both Saddam and Bush. Saddam because he was putting them on military targets and Bush because he will kill them.

Locally, the Houston Press is noting Houston has the worst news coverage of local government of any major metropolitan area.