And now... the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are MLK Day -- A Singular Holiday by Rhymes With Right, and A Framework for Thinking About Iraq Strategy by Small Wars Journal. All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post. I actually had to cast a tie-breaking vote in the non-council category this week... I enjoyed Confederate Yankee's post about the ubiquitous Jamil Hussein, but Dave Kilcullen's look at the “wicked” problem of Iraq ultimately won me over. Thanks to everyone for all the great entries this week... I'm eager to see next week's entries! Here are the full tallies of all votes cast:
| Votes | Council link |
|---|---|
| 2 | MLK Day -- A Singular Holiday Rhymes With Right |
| 1 2/3 | The Beauty of "Fairness" Andrew Olmsted |
| 1 1/3 | Bush Speaks... and Belittles Us All Joshuapundit |
| 1 1/3 | Why It Could Work American Future |
| 1 1/3 | Chosen Icons Done With Mirrors |
| 1 1/3 | A New Standard for Political Hideousness Eternity Road |
| 1 1/3 | Running Out the Clock The Glittering Eye |
| 1 | James Traub Has a Semite Problem Soccer Dad |
| 1/3 | Is Oprah Right? The Colossus of Rhodey |
| 1/3 | Federally-Mandated Cheerleading: EduCracy Run Amok? The Education Wonks |
| Votes | Non-council link |
|---|---|
| 3 1/3 | A Framework for Thinking About Iraq Strategy Small Wars Journal |
| 2 1/3 | AP: Discrediting Jamil's Sources Confederate Yankee |
| 2 | IRS Agents, May Every One of Them Burn in Hell Dispatches from TJICistan |
| 2 | No Word For Liberty Classical Values |
| 1 2/3 | War? -- What War? Works and Days |
| 2/3 | "I Said Oh Oh Domino" Maryland Conservatarian |
| 1/3 | Foreign Policy Last Week Oliver Kamm |
| 1/3 | Gordon Browned Off Canker |
| 1/3 | Crime in the UK Versus Crime in the US TFS Magnum |