I blogged through the desert on a watch with no name…

Old Oligarch: Mary, Gate of Salvation–great post on Theotokos.

Volokh Conspiracy: Good basic post noting that the question of “fairness” in media coverage isn’t solely or even primarily about how stories get covered but about which stories get covered.

Places to read about torture and US policy thereon: Disputations (via Noli Irritare Leones); Andrew Sullivan (yeah, I know–scroll past the random overreadings of innocuous Bush professions of faith, etc.); Balkinization; Unqualified Offerings.