Religious coercion?
Lots of reaction to The Herald's Meg Laughlin's report a few days ago about a U.S. military chaplain requiring soldiers to get baptised if they wanted access to water. Today, Knight Ridder correspondents report the chaplain is being investigated.

Remember Ali Ismail Abbas:
Leonard Pitts does.

For a little light relief:
RummyCo: new animated cartoon from Mark Fiore.
And: Hippo Girl: another disgusting musical animation from Rathergood.com. (Or, as Metafilter poster says: " A celebration of accepting whatever hand the universe deals you."