Ahh, the good old days in Iraq. An IED here, a sniper there. This NYT story says some groups of Sunni Muslim insurgents are behaving more like soldiers than rag-tag, hit-and-run guerrilla fighters.

U.S. cities are in a battle to attract young, educated workers before they turn old (read 35) and settle down. With boomers retiring, this has serious economic implications for cities.