Wednesday linkage

  • Following up our recent air transport thread, a reader suggests this George Monbiot piece on airships might offer a possible answer. Autopia is sceptical.
  • Steve Clemons says the Cheney forces are gathering behind a push to strike Iran. James Fallows, on the other hand, damps down recent speculation.
  • Humanitarian interventionism is not dead, it's just resting, says Global Dashboard.
  • Christopher Hitchens wants to know why Nelson Mandela has not spoken out against Robert Mugabe. Good question.