The Watcher's Council met on 02/25/05 and voted on the posts of the week (and I was late reporting the results):

Winning Council Entry:

• Waiting
  Little Red Blog

Winning Non-Council Entry:

• Co-Opting Jihad
  Gates of Vienna

The runner up posts in each respective category were Some Students Need Lessons In Respecting Our Troops by The Education Wonks and Shattering the Islamic Terrorist Stereotype by QandO.