BLOGGING WILL BE LIGHT for the remainder of the day, most likely. In the meantime, check out The OmbudsGod for interesting stuff on slave-driving at the New York Times, charges of slant at Romenesko, and tart comments by Anne Applebaum. And don’t miss Jeff Jarvis’s spirited dissent against ruling-class member Anita Roddick.

Also, this essay by Paul Johnson, is worth reading, and PrestoPundit is running a Greg Packer photo caption contest. And Steve Verdon wonders why lefties are condescending to America’s youth. “Don’t trust anyone under 30?”

UPDATE: Jay Ambrose says hail to the Bloggers.

Lots of cool stuff at Kesher Talk, too. And here’s more news from Iran:

What started as a small student march against the issue of university privatization on Tuesday has snowballed into violent nightly protests by demonstrators from across the social spectrum demanding more social, economic and political freedom.

The protests on Friday night were the largest and most violent to date, erupting on the campus of Shaheed Beheshti University in northern Tehran and clogging the two major highways leading to the dormitories of Tehran University.

“This is civil disobedience,” said a 45-year-old man beside his car on Chamron Highway, where demonstrators ignited tires and even trees along the road. “We are standing up against them. We are resisting and protesting against the regime.” . . .

As the first bonfires were lit and the traffic started to snarl, one driver yelled at a man who climbed out of his car and tried to direct traffic around a bonfire.

“Just be patient, we are trying to have a revolution,” the man answered.

Good luck, and godspeed. (Read this briefing on Iran, too.)