“I AM NOT RECONCILED.” Half-Blood Prince and Man Who Was Thursday. Assume spoilers for both. Read more

Girls don’t like boys, girls like cars and blogwatch… About Last Night: Katrina-blogging roundup–your source for eye-of-the-storm eyewitnesses. “Finally, a personal word from Terry to all those bloggers posting from the Gulf Coast, and everyone else who was caught in the path of Katrina: we New Yorkers know about disasters, and our hearts are with you. May the world reach out to you as it did to us.” Blossom Culp!!! I don’t care for the “eat your peas” approach this... Read more

NAGASAKI AND NAPALM. Read more

EGYPT’S GROWING BLOGGER COMMUNITY PUSHES LIMITS OF DISSENT. Read more

WHO CONTROLS THE FAMILY?: From the Washington Post: A crowd of disheveled villagers was waiting when Chen Guangcheng stepped out of the car. More women than men among them, a mix of desperation and hope on their faces, they ushered him along a dirt path and into a nearby house. Then, one after another, they told him about the city’s campaign against “unplanned births.” Since March, the farmers said, local authorities had been raiding the homes of families with two... Read more

I’M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF: Two new blogs on the roll: Libertas (the blog of the Liberty Film Festival) and WaiterRant (the rant of a waiter). Check ’em out! Read more

LOYAULTE ME LIE: So August 22 was… one of those days. But I still should have acknowledged the last king of England to die in battle. Wear a white rose…. Read more

AG SUBSIDIES: IT’S TIME TO CAP PAYMENTS. Lincoln Journal-Star editorial. When the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee visited the Lancaster County Fair earlier this month, he warned that the flow of subsidies is destined to slow in the next farm bill. The prediction from Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., was echoed by Rep. Tom Osborne: “I think commodity supports, as we now know them, are going to be difficult to sustain.” To make those spending cuts, Congress should look first... Read more

RECIPE BLOGGING AT YURODIVI–more complicated than what I cook, but might be fun for y’all. Read more

JAPANESE SCULPTOR FOUND THE FAITH BY STUDYING GAUDI. Via Amy Welborn. Read more