Missing In Action

Sorry for being MIA, guys. I have been exceptionally busy with real work, and will probably remain so for the next few weeks. There's a lot I wanted to talk about this week -- primarily the NYT feature on Lashkar-e-Taiba, as well as a post on the Taliban war in Afghanistan/Pakistan -- but simply haven't been able to get to it.

I've got my dissertation proposal hearing next week, and I'm also immersed in some departmental stuff, and I'm moving apartments in three weeks, and I'm TAing an intro class in IR...so you can sort of see why I've been missing. I will liveblog our semi-final tomorrow against New Zealand, but during the week, posting might be sort of light for a while. Just letting you know.