Gay marriage debate, meet Afghan war strategy

Flow charts can simplify any contentious issue, domestic or international. Take the gay marriage debate and Afghan war strategy  … please.

These two particularly exquisite flow charts turned up over the last day or so: one from the Joint Chiefs of Staff that explains the counterinsurgency effort in Afghanistan, obtained by NBC News’ Richard Engel, and the other mapping out the counterarguments on gay marriage, via University of Minnesota, Morris professor PZ Myers’ Pharyngula blog.