INSTEAD OF READING MAUREEN DOWD’S TWADDLE about Iraq, you might want to read Iraq Now, a blog by an officer who’s actually there. Reader David Radulski emails:

Van Steenwyk, a financial reporter in civilian life, is an Army lieutenant reservist on combat duty in Iraq. Van Steenwyk’s notes on leadership for junior officers are some of the best I’ve read anywhere.

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Wish I’d had them when I needed them.

Read ’em all.