Update

I indicated in my January 5 Morning Report that I planned to take some time to "broaden and deepen my understanding of the world." I've been doing that, particularly in the form of reading up on US and world history, and it's been a pleasure to rekindle my long-dormant interest in this vast and important subject. I've got one or two posts in the works which should be up shortly.

The other news is that I've got a job, and it starts tomorrow morning. On my first day they're going to cut me some slack and start me at 9am, but my regular workday is going to begin at 7:30. I don't know how this will affect my posting. Morning Report may have to go on leave for a while. On the other hand, I'm an early riser, and the discipline of having to be at work every morning may have a positive effect on my blogging habits, as it did last October when I was working for the County. So we'll have to wait and see.

But for now, we'll get back to the breaking news: Operation Baghdad has started.