Linked Up

Here's a few links to some things I've been reading today - when I was supposed to be working, most likely:

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/21/080721fa_fact_lizza - The actual story behind the cover that has ignited all this outrage Monday. Actually, an insightful look into the birth of a political star.

http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/07/goodbye-to-sist.html - I wish this would put an end to the insidious phrase "Sister Souljah moment" but somehow I doubt it. Great insight from publius, though.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121453058531709463.html?mod=googlenews_wsj - Explains the reason why, no matter what the Supreme Court thinks about the D.C. handgun ban, it will be extremely tough for District residents to buy a piece there.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/interactive/la-et-stuff4-2008jul04,0,1438588.story - Help me here ... is the bloom already off this rose? I haven't read this blog in weeks.

http://www.slate.com/id/2195127/ - An interesting "essay" of sorts about the potential fallout from Brandon Jennings' decision to take his game to Europe. I have more thoughts about this but I'll save them for later.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiller15-2008jul15,0,2815645.story - I was looking for something else when I came across this story - another depressing one for those of us who work in newspapers. For us journos, I guess it's a matter of who will be the last one off the boat.