Hey, if you look at the Washington Independent, you’ll see some new details about New START as well as kind of a thinkpiece-y analysis of the broader questions it raises. (Even if I don’t have a direct URL right this minute because I’m running out of the office.)

And with that I’m done. Tonight it’s Hot Tub Time Machine with my friends, and in the morning Attackerlady and I fly to Canada to see a reunion show from a band beloved to her in her formative years. Then it’s Passover.

So I’ve got some guestbloggers lined up for you guys, and they’re all lights of the next-generation blogosphere.

Dara Lind is an immigration advocate by day and an editor at Wunderkammer (and occasional contributor to the American Scene) by night.

Matt Zeitlin, that impetuous young whippersnapper, is an editor at North by Northwestern, he occasionally contributes to Wunderkammer and Campus Progress and blogs at his own site. He’s a sophomore at Northwestern where he studies English and Philosophy. He once got into an spat with Susan Faludi in the intellectual battleground otherwise known as TPM Café and never wants to talk about it again.

The pseudonymous Daniel is a proud Chicagoan finishing his degree at a midwestern university. He has written for and continues to contribute to online and print publications in Chicago and Washington D.C.

And Ned Resnikoff, the first to kindly volunteer to help me out with guestbloggery, is a freelance writer and occasional contributor to publications such as Wunderkammer and NYU Local. He also maintains his own politics and culture blog. Currently he is finishing his last semester in the Philosophy department at NYU and trying to figure out what he’s going to do after that. He’s been here before.

My ambition for the next three days is to not look at the internet, but who knows how that would go. If I didn’t bring my laptop to the frigid north I’d probably get too anxious to enjoy myself, but I will try to keep it closed, warmly recharging my phone and otherwise idle.

Tags: attackerman terror force, future stars, i may take a holiday

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 243-10
March 26, 2010
DOD Identifies Marine Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two Marines who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

The following Marines died March 24 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan:

Sgt. Maj. Robert J. Cottle, 45, of Whittier, Calif.

Lance Cpl. Rick J. Centanni, 19, of Yorba Linda, Calif.

Cottle and Centanni were assigned to 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4thMarine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For additional background information on these Marines, news media representatives may contact the Marine Forces Reserve public affairs office at 504-678-0052 or the after hours contact number 504-235-6128.

Tags: RIP

And other great analysis by a CIA red-cell, courtesy of Wikileaks. H/t the Izzy-award-winning Jeremy Scahill.

Tags: afghanistan, looooooooong war