links for 2008-03-30 Letter from Jeremiah Wright to Jodi Kantor of the New York Times Juan Cole: Police Mutiny, Refuse to attack Sadrists; Clashes continue in Basra; Sadrists open New fronts throughout Shiite South abu muqawama: There is nothing preventing Iraq from going right back to October 2006 Martin Feldstein: The dollar is falling at the right time Obama, Clinton: Similar Tack on Mortgage Crisis Stan Collender: Spring Cleaning Zbigniew Brzezinski: The Smart Way Out of a Foolish War Five Ways of Proving the Existence of Santa Claus Curry's paradox Phillip Carter on Steve Coll's "The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century" Nick Barrowman on Kirsch et al.: Upping the Anti (Depressant) Fester: Basra Force Ratios Cernig: Basra Blowback Joe Conason: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, campaign tactics: The Clinton campaign's circulation of right-wing materials to denigrate a top Obama advisor reeks of cynicism
