Cuaderno Latinoamericano - Is the war good for Latin America? Andres Oppenheimer suggests NOT.

Lagniappe - You've got to wonder what Bush saw when he looked into Putin's soul. From the look of things now, seem's like Bush's self-annointed powers of divination were about as good as any crackpot streetcorner fortune-teller. Either Putin is a good deceiver, or Bush is incredibly naive. You pick it.

Lagniappe - Dahlia Lithwick has a very nice piece in Slate on the very topic of race in the Miguel Estrada affair. She's balanced in her criticism of both conservatives and liberals, but echos my thoughts expressed below quite well.