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links for 2008-01-14

• Iraq’s Progress, Safety and Blessing - Catherine Moy, Human Events

  Darkness surrounded her as the helicopter lifted, whipping the air around her with a reverberating thump, thump, thump.

  (tags: iraq war)

• Hands-On General Is Next No. 2 in Iraq - Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post

  Most U.S. Army generals wear pistols on the battlefield. Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, a decorated paratrooper who next month takes over as the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, packs an M4 rifle.

  (tags: iraq war military)

• Iraq lets Baathists go back to work - Mussab Al-Khairalla, Reuters

  Iraq’s parliament voted on Saturday to let thousands of members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party return to government jobs, winning praise from Washington for achieving a benchmark step toward reconciling warring sects.

  (tags: iraq)

• Economy Ties War As Top Issue - Alan Fram, Associated Press

  The faltering economy has caught the Iraq war as people’s top worry, a national poll suggests, with the rapid turnabout already showing up on the presidential campaign trail and in maneuvering between President Bush and Congress.

  (tags: iraq war economy business)

• Bloggers @ ActonU 2008 - Jordan J. Ballor, Acton Institute PowerBlog

  As a blogger who is interested in the relationship between morality and freedom, you are invited to apply to attend the June 10-13, 2008 Acton University in Grand Rapids, MI.

  (tags: blogging conservatism)

• Cloudy Fortunes for Conservatism - Jonah Goldberg, Washington Post

  Well, this wasn’t the plan. As pretty much everyone has noticed, the Republican race hasn’t exactly followed any of the scripts laid out for it.

  (tags: conservatism reagan 2008 romney huckabee mccain fred_thompson giuliani)