'Round the Bloggerhood
- Atrios tells us about the charge in the Observer that the new Pope obstructed justice by demanding that the sex abuse inquiry of the Church be conducted in secret. Norwegianity has more. Jeanne D'Arc at Body and Soul writes an outstanding piece on the new Pope and why his German Hitler Youth membership and his failure to become a part of the Resistance does matter.
- Kevin Drum on Bush "blackballing the attendance of technical experts at a telecom standards meeting this week if they contributed money to John Kerry's campaign."