Some sobering (and unsurprising) news about the resurgence of the Taliban, courtesy of Jen's Very Big Blog.
While you're at it, check out this feature about Big Brother going after some hip-hop artist for having an anti-war stance.
I'm so depressed about this that I'm going to go make a box of brownies. Okay, they're the fat-free kind, but chocolate is chocolate when the world's going to hell.
