China's story: putting the PR into the PRC | openDemocracy

This is a great short article on China's public image problem as the Olympics cast a brighter light on that nation. There are some interesting solutions that are both pragmatic and relatively easy.

Megan McArdle and Dan Drezner's defense of the media - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Click the link for another dismemberment of the press by the inimitable Glenn Greenwald.

We are Iron Man!

We are Iron Man! A lowbrow literary mystery. - Brainiac - The Boston Globe

This article covers the origins of the Marvel character (who has a movie coming out soon) and Iron Man's connections with Black Sabbath and Ted Hughes. It has a wonderful anti-war twist at the end of the piece, too.