'Round the Horn

I hope you know that in my mind I'm always playing shortstop. In real life, I'm playing catcher.

Back from a school related hiatus is T. Rex's Guide to Life with the news that even "Poppy" Bush may not have been so hot on the idea of invading Iraq.

Wanda over at Words on a Page has an interesting discussion of the phrase "Support the Troops," which makes me think maybe I could do a bit better to support the troops.

If you are concerned about our overstressed school systems ability to deal with special needs children (not sure if that's the right term, but close enough), you might check out this article at BLOGG. Your concerns will, presumably, grow.

Chris "Lefty" Brown has a refutation of a truely surreal response to the pictures from Abu Ghraib prison from the Right Wing.

Along the same lines, Kick the Leftist had a treatise on how some have reacted to the revelations about Abu Ghraib Prison.

Back to reality, Respectful of Otters considers the Abu Ghraib Prison problems in the context of what we know about Prison Guard Relations in the United States, particularly relating it to the Stanford Prison Experiment.

The proprieter of Rick's Cafe Americaine has apparently changed employment statuses (statusi?). Anyway interesting read. Kind of inspiring, all things considered.

Sooner Thought has the story of Kalyn Free who could be the First American Indian women ever elected to congress. Also I think Kalyn Free would be a really great name to use in a Folk Song.

The Gothom City 13 picked up something ol' Rush Limbaugh said that I missed. He's arguing that nations like Spain withdrawing their troops from Iraq will embolden the terrorists. Funny how pictures depicting United States Troops torturing Iraqis will have no effect on the resistance; while Spains withdrawel of troops will send them into a frenzy.

New World Blogger has a great faq on the Europeon Union expansion. Like most Americans I'm focused like a laser on scandals involving reality shows, but I have heard rumors that there are places outside of America, and for those of you are interested in places outside of America, New World Blogger is a great site to visit; she does a good job explaining things and putting them in context.