Friday morning roundup

Local buy-in, essential for development and peacemaking? Who would have thought.

Men tend not to stick around when their wives get sick, while women are (seven times) more likely to stick around and care for ill husbands.

It's unfortunate that we have trouble discussing these issues with intellectual honesty and that we censor our museums when they attempt to address them. This queasiness over the human impact of military decisions is driving some of the impatience on thinking through an Afghanistan strategy.

Okay. Off to do some more yardwork, with gloves and long sleeves this time--let's see if that keeps the poison ivy away.