A Long, Rocky Road With 39 Months to Go, from The New York Times.

Niger-Scooter-Plame-Gate: The bewildering scandal of the moment, from Slate.

My Year of Hurricanes: Calculating the good things that came out of Katrina, from Slate.

The Novak Report: When the Plame indictments come down, the columnist will have a lot to explain, from Slate.

Hear Me, Hear Me: The case of the year that the Supreme Court may duck, from Slate.

A Slate Soldier Goes to War: Arriving in a Combat Zone, from Slate.

The Brontosaurus: Monty Python's flying creationism, from Slate.

When Good Strips Go Bad, Doonesbury strips from Slate. "Harriet, we hardly knew ye. The following week of strips on the planned confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers were intended for publication beginning Monday, October 31st."

Flemish wife calls Walloon spouse "lazy," arrested, from Reuters courtesy of Josh.

Hijab Chic: How retailers are marketing to fashion-conscious Muslim women, from Slate.

You Knit What??, courtesy of Miyon.

Comparing Extremists: On the question of who's more out of the mainstream, the conventional wisdom is dead wrong, from The American Prospect, courtesy of Rachel.