the Forty-Second Parallel

"Michael J. Totten":http://www.michaeltotten.com/ - blog of a freelance journalist (among other things) who until recently lived in Beirut. Having spent a lot of time among ordinary Lebanese and Israelis (and is on "not so good terms with Hezbollah":http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/guess-whos-coming-to-iftar/42/), Totten writes about the current Israel/Hezbollah conflict from a first hand perspective that's impossible to get from mainstream media outlets. Be sure to read "Everything Could Explode at Any Moment":http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001132.html. Very interesting stuff.