Howdy. I am on deadline, writing a piece that involves our current war in Afghanistan. So apologies for the low blog pace. But it means I've been k keeping an eye on what all the folks in media land are saying about that par particular conflict.

Here's Time's Joe Klein, following up on his cover story a few weeks back, saying things ain't going well.

The adage is: if you're not winning against a guerrilla insurgency, you're losing. We're not winning in Afghanistan… I must admit, again, I'm...