RICH, BLOGGY GOODNESS: This week’s Carnival of the Vanities is up, with blog posts from a wide variety of interesting bloggers. Hey, you may find blogs you like better than this one. It could happen!

Also, don’t miss Arthur Chrenkoff’s long, link-filled roundup of good news from Iraq, and don’t miss this interesting firsthand report from Afghanistan over at Oxblog. Both good and bad news, but all of it stuff you’re not likely to hear elsewhere.