Cyber Warriors

When will China emerge as a military threat to the U.S.? In most respects the answer is: not anytime soon—China doesn’t even contemplate a time it might challenge America directly. But one significant threat already exists: cyberwar.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Mar 1, 2010
Length: 8 minutes (2,177 words)

Bed Bugs: Is No One Safe?

At first they were shiny little red dots. It looked like my stomach had baby acne. The itching only lasted for a couple of days and was nowhere near as severe as mosquito bites. I’ve gone through a couple boxes of Benadryl to decrease the inflammation. I’ve also been using it as a light sleep aid because I’ll lie awake all night in fear if I don’t. I’ve also sunk a TimeWarner bill’s worth of cash into hydrocortisone, which I use as a moisturizer when I get out of the shower.

Source: The Awl
Published: Feb 18, 2010
Length: 5 minutes (1,341 words)

Wall Street’s Bailout Hustle

Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren’t just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy — they’re re-creating the conditions for another crash

Source: Rolling Stone
Published: Feb 17, 2010
Length: 29 minutes (7,408 words)

Is There Life in Health Care Reform?

Therefore, while the health care bill could be changed at the margins, at some point the question became not whether the bill would meet most of the progressives’ expectations but whether there would be a bill at all. It was a lot easier for progressive critics to attack the bill, and say that it should be significantly changed—arguing in particular that it should not rely so much on the flawed existing private insurance system—than it was to find sufficient votes to change it.

Published: Mar 11, 2010
Length: 8 minutes (2,116 words)

Australia welcomes China’s investment, if not its influence

Source: Washington Post
Published: Feb 14, 2010
Length: 5 minutes (1,313 words)

Brand Of Brothers

The Emerald City produces some of the nation’s best basketball players, a proud fraternity whose alumni in the NBA are dedicated to mentoring younger talents through high school and college.

Published: Feb 22, 2010
Length: 12 minutes (3,112 words)

‘Who’s Gonna Get Me a Beer?’ An interview with Lee Marvin

MALIBU, 1970 — The door flew open from inside, revealing Lee Marvin in a torrid embrace, bent over Michelle Triola, a fond hand on her rump. “Love!” he said. “It’s all love in this house. Nothing but love. All you need is love . . .”

Source: Esquire
Published: Oct 10, 1970
Length: 29 minutes (7,408 words)

Paterson Aide’s Quick Rise Draws Scrutiny

David W. Johnson is described as Gov. David A. Paterson’s closest confidant, despite arrests in his past and disputes with women that drew the police.

Published: Feb 16, 2010
Length: 11 minutes (2,760 words)

Death By Privatization

For Profit prison health care system implicated index of inmate.

Source: In These Times
Published: Dec 8, 2009
Length: 8 minutes (2,112 words)

Roger Ebert: The Essential Man

It has been nearly four years since Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw and his ability to speak. Now television’s most famous movie critic is rarely seen and never heard, but his words have never stopped.

Source: Esquire
Published: Mar 1, 2010
Length: 26 minutes (6,633 words)