Ophelia Benson: For women "Afghanistan is pretty much one big prison, run by sadistic rapist guards."
Oliver Kamm (now blogging at the Times) draws attention to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's links with the Communist Party of Britain.
Kings of War examines what motivates the killing of aid workers in Afghanistan.
Jason Rosenhouse at Evolution Blog reports from the Sixth International Conference on Creationism.
And finally,
Orac at Respectful Insolence has a video of all the "Dr Who" episodes compressed into 8 minutes.