links for 2008-01-16 William H. McMichael: Iraq war has ground forces stretched thin - Marine Corps News Yves Smith: Judges Catching on to Countrywide's Policy of "Mistakes" John Scalzi: Things One Should Not Forget Mark Kleiman: Was the founder of fascism a fascist? BardicArts: Song: "Witch of the Westmoreland," Archie Fisher Iain M. Banks: Matter Ezra Klein: [T]his is the law William Kristol used to prove reconciliation yesterday, earning him a slapdown from the Times' editorial page and showing, again, that the Times thought they were particularly in need of an op-ed writer who would lie to their Brad Reed: Jonah Goldberg's 'Liberal Fascism' Brings Historical Revisionism to Comical New Heights