Good work so far - time to go deeper and wider

Good work on your blog to date, Mike. Exceptional design, and very consistent with postings. You're clearly starting to trend events. Your challenge now is to go beyond simply describing the articles you're posting - which are interesting - but to place events in a broader context. It's time to develop your own thesis about what is taking place (a considered point of view), and over time to argue and/or revise it. Discuss also the impact of events on Afghanistan's history, culture and it's neighbours, the international scene - the consequences for Canada, the United States. Make connections also with other events in the region. It's time to go "deeper" and "wider".