My sight was poor, but I was sure

The sirens watched their blogs for me…

Baraita: “This post is actually intended to pick up on a passing comment I made last year, in which I suggested some sort of reading group for bloggers — or regular blog-commenters for that matter — who’d enjoy discussing books of Jewish interest in the English language. The comments indicate that (a) several people are very interested and (b) we do not want to get into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which certainly works for me. …We’d want to pick books which are in print and not horrifically expensive (so much for all the Yale Judaica hardcovers), and I’m guessing we’d want to allow about a month for people to read, blog, and discuss.” Sound good? Get in touch with Naomi Chana! Via Kesher Talk.

Mark Shea: Interesting, basic post answering various Protestant objections to Catholicism.

Marriage Movement: NPR, unlike the New York Times, manages to interview one actual poor person when discussing a program for poor people. Let’s hear it for the Fourth Estate.

Everyone has already linked to Slate’s series on “liberal hawks reconsidering the war.” I haven’t read it yet, but it looks worthwhile, so here it is in case you somehow missed it.