I am one of the guest-posters that Joe often refers to when he has other, more important and pressing issues to attend to than this weblog.
I apologize for not being able to add any additional commentary this evening than a few brief posts linking to some recommended reading. I am currently living in France, and it is after 2:00AM here. For me it is after an evening out with colleagues and friends, so I have little energy left, not even for my own weblog, Random Fate.
I hope you have followed the links to the recommended posts, for they are well worth reading, and I hope to have more substantive posts for you to to read and respond to tomorrow.