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First, Dick Cavett, witty talk show host. He titled yesterday's incredible blog 'Him, To Kick Around Again.' http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/him-to-kick-around-again/?8ty&emc=ty

Next, Rutu Modan's Mixed Emotions: http://modan.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/queen-of-the-scottish-fairies/  This wonderful cartoon is called 'Queen of the Scottish Fairies.'

Last year, Maria Kalman, the artist who drew the famous New Yorker cover 'Newyorkistan,' drew a series of blog cartoons called 'The Principles of Uncertainty.' They were all brilliant. This one, from December 2006, is one of my favorites: http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/index.php?cat=9/

On a serious note, the Times invited soldiers returning from Iraq to write about the experience of being home again in a blog called Home Fires: http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/

One of the soldiers, Michael Jernigan, was among the wounded soldiers interviewed by James Gondolfini in the recent HBO Documentary Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq.

If you want to see more of these columns, scroll up to the top of the pages, fiddle around with your mouse, and you should be able to read the archived columns for free.

Don't forget to check out Maureen Dowd, Clyde Haberman, Frank Rich, Nicolas Kristoff, etc.

Enjoy.