- Understanding Japan's elections: Video of a panel discussion with Kurt Campbell, Michael Green, Steve Clemons and Bob Schieffer.
- What to expect from the big 1 October Beijing military parade.
- Sceptical environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg backs geoengineering as the best response to climate change.
- The Age's Dan Flitton claims there's a split over 'no-first-use' among the members of Rudd's International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
- Just released: part 2 of that 'Truth about Amsterdam' video I showed you yesterday.
- I liked this Calvin Coolidge quote: 'Nine-tenths of (visitors to the White House) want something they ought not to have. If you keep dead still, they will run down in three or four minutes.'
- Nostalgia: it's not just for old people anymore! How 20 popular websites looked when they were first launched.
Friday linkage
Published 4 Sep 2009
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