Leave this blog and go read something intelligent...

1. The Reverend Doctor Leander Harding doesn't blog often, because he actually thinks before he types. He has a great reflection posted about the recent meeting of Anglican leaders and some suggestions about ways forward.
2. Charles Krauthammer has this short, sharp analysis of the "stimulus" plan and how it dashes our hopes in the new administration. It is not a partisan piece - he shows how individuals, businesses and special interest groups of all persuasions come gruntin' when we all let government become a feeding trough. (h/t Sarah Hey.)
3. And speaking of Sarah Hey, she has this provocative perspective on surviving the madness of the Episcopal Church.