BLOGGING FROM OXFORD, Derek Catsam has thoughts:

This should not have come as a surprise, though attacks like this always come as a shock. With the successful London Olympic bid and Live 8 and the long-planned G8 meeting, London was an obvious target. The world’s attention is on this part of the world, never moreso than now. But London, England, the UK will not be cowed. Tony Blair is clearly resolute. The world will rally behind the British people. Al Qaeda, or whoever did this, will not win, though in the short-term they were able to turn one of the most exciting times in recent British history into one of the most tragic. . . .

I certainly will not be deterred from going to the capital, and if anything, I am probably likely to go there more often, not less, as the next month-and-a-half progresses.

Good. Some related thoughts at The Mudville Gazette.