Learning 'bout Lebanon

He's away and probably not blogging for a few days, so it may not stay entirely up to date, but I'd like to point people towards The Angry Arab News Service by Lebanese American political science professor As'ad Abu Khalil, for informed and cutting commentary from an idiosyncratic leftist perspective on what's going on in Lebanon during the current crisis there. Juan Cole is also a good place to look for context on this and related issues, though I'm less impressed overall with his politics.