Perhaps the Taliban decided it would be timely to out-do our Supreme Court. It decreed on Saturday that the women of Afghanistan must cover their entire bodies, at least with a garment known as a hijab. A burqa would be better, but it is not required.

In the Famous-Last-Words department: “The likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.”

For almost a year now, the Denver Public Library has been running a project called "K4OT", Knit for Our Troops, which has donated over 13,000 caps to soldiers deployed overseas. Jani Fellows writes about this Knitzvah project.

There is no half measure here. Either one commits to the War or one negotiates a surrender, if the enemy allows that.