Post election news that doesn't involve idle speculation about how the world is ending

Seems appropriate to me:

You may now return to the "experts" on TV and in the media.

An Afghan Tale of War Reporting - Compare and Contrast

CDR Salamander has a compare and contrast presentation of media coverage of the Afghan mission at his post "Another Media Smear of the Fallen" with a link to AfghanBlue's "The Red In the Center of The Patch".

If you want to know why there are MilBlogs and why they are important, go, read and ponder on the nature of reporting and Information Warfare.