Happy (belated) New Year! One of my many New Year's resolutions is to create a slog entry twice a month in 2007, whether the world needs it or not. Regular readers, most of whom are close relatives, may have noticed that after a brief flurry of entries surrounding the re-election of Daniel Ortega to the Nicaraguan presidency, I sort of let things peter out. Why? Well, I blame astrology; something must have been in retrograde. And Christmas.

Recently, however, I learned that my clever "slog" monicker had been co-opted by a group of journalists, travel writers, soldiers, private contractors and even tourists who have been on the ground in Iraq, and now publish the excellent IraqSlogger.com. I'd probably be irritated, had I actually invested any energy in my own little slog, but who can complain about the excellent and often eyewitness coverage of what is rapidly becoming the biggest military debacle in US history? Well, other than Tony Snow?


Here's Iraqslogger.com writer Robert Young Pelton, who I want to be when I grow up, well, except for the moustache; I have mine waxed every few weeks.

If you are interested in a different perspective, peruse the gut-wrenching statistics compiled by the editors, as well as posts by one of my literary inspirations, Robert Young Pelton. But be sure to check back here - at your original online slog - every three or four months, just to be sure you haven't missed anything important. And consider, even though there are only 349 shopping days until Christmas, that achieving peace on earth and good will towards men (women, too, of course) by Jesus' next birthday may require more satyagrahis than soldiers.

 

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