Susie Bright: The end of a publishing era as "Best American Erotica 2008" will be the last in the series. What this says about publishing, reading, and those of us who write anything at all, is sad, sad.

Too Sense: Andrew Young needs Jesus.

Les Enrages: an open letter to Tom Donahue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Shakespeare's Sister: Bush's Freedom Agenda (involves cocktail weenies, of course).

CJSD blog: Twelve ways to pick a candidate, even when Huckabee has completely lost his "figure."

(Mike's playing music on a boat with the Phantom Blues Band and is temporarily away from internet; he'll be back soon.)