Lots of good stuff on the 9/11 Commission, Iraq, and The Connection at Power Line.

Lawrence Auster comments on asylum and liberals…and damns me with faint praise.

In response to this provocative post from Hogs on Ice, John Hawkins offers interesting comments on the future of the blogosphere and the role of certain new entrants into the bloggerly realm.

And I am linking to IMAO tonight just because I am still in a snorting mood. What’s a good emoticon for snorting?

Update: Excellent questions from Michele Catalano (and some intriguing answers from her readers) about Flight 93 and the shooting down of planes. I wondered about some of the same things here.

Update II: Libertyblog calls me a prude and weighs in on the Olsen twins. I do like their suggestion for a blog motto: BETTER THAN FREE ICE CREAM…FREE RED MEAT.