I’ve added a couple of links to my daily reads, and deleted a couple that were too hard to navigate or too extreme politically.
In particular, I’ve added an African blog, AfricaPundit, who has links to others on the Dark Continent (is it still okay to call it that?).
I’ve been reading more and more on Africa. When I got my masters in International Relations, sub-Saharan Africa was my primary area of study and interest. Muslim fundamentalism is taking hold in many areas, Robert Mugabe and his ilk are in power, and Ivory Coast and Liberia have had some problems of late. It’s all off the radar screen for most folks right now.
Sgt. Hook will soon be in Afghanistan and can give us first-hand information on that theater. God speed young man.