Caught My Eye

• Gold Medal For Best Olympic Protest Sting "At least a half dozen people have been detained by the authorities after they responded to a government announcement late last month designating venues in three city parks as 'protest zones' during the Olympics."
• Solar Slowly Screwed Again "On Feb 27, 2008, the House passed $18.1 billion in renewable energy tax incentives including an extension of the tax credit for energy-efficient home improvements. This bill must still pass in the Senate, and be signed by the President to become law."
• You're In Good Hands With Exxon "Although drilling proponents often say there are 16 billion barrels of oil under the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, the U.S. Geological Service says the amount that could be recovered economically -- that is, the amount likely to be profitably extracted and sold -- is roughly 3.2 billion barrels. That amounts to only a six-month supply of oil, based on U.S. consumption."

Local Color

• Enormous Incongruities Intermittent bitterness from Brazoria County
• The Brazosport News Official Weblog for the Petrochemical Underarm of Texas
• Half Empty Hal's political viewpoint from Richmond
• Kiss My Big Blue Butt Political observations from somewhere very near the World's Most Dangerous Hair Salon
• Mouth of the Brazos Just like the river - anything really could be in here
• Sideburn Sally This Needville chick that like, you know, does stuff.