QUICKLY (will probably post more substantive stuff tomorrow…): AfricaPundit on Charles Taylor/Liberia/total idiocy from the Associated Press. What possesses these people?

Zainab, an Iraqi woman blogger. Via BuzzMachine; I basically agree with his take, i.e. great to have another blogger on the scene but why the cliched, “running dog of the imperialists”-style high-school-anarchist rant? So, be forewarned, Zainab’s first post won’t tell you anything. But that’s life.

Hoder calls for brave reporters to unmask Iranian governmental corruption. Please read.