+ Information Dissemination linked Putin picks his moment on Georgia.
+ So did New Yorker in DC and SCSU Scholars.

+ Re-Moralization linked Answering the inevitable question on Russia.
+ So did DJ Nozem, The Tiger at Home, Patterns R' Us, Auspundits (though he called it 'flimsy'), and The 19th Hole.
+ dmhallowell dugg it.

+ The Global Buzz linked Actually, it was Georgia's timing ...

+ zenpundit linked all three of those posts.

+ Re-Moralization linked 'I learned it from watching you!'
+ So did The Retrograde and Faithless, monstropolitan, and Fierce Joy.

+ Information Dissemination linked By all means, vote with your dollars, but when you point that missile . . ..

+ Korea Times picked up last week's column, 'America's response to Russia-Georgia conflict should be firm but moderate '.
+ zenpundit linked it.

+ Re-Moralization linked Bush, so far, has played it cool on Russia.
+ So did HG's WORLD.

+ Indistinct Union mentioned Tom's view on foreign aid dependency.
+ Anchor Rising linked Now globalization incentivizes energy conservation instead of living off cheap energy.
+ Super Hamburger America linked The Gap: where it's hardest to grow food and where populations grow fastest.

+ Life of Brian embedded the TED talk.
+ So did KNME (New Mexico PBS) Blog, and The Web's Best Video Clips: Videos With A Brain.
+ mgod linked it.
+ So did So, you having fun yet?

+ enrevanche linked What Beijing Olympics tells us about our world and The king is dead. Long live the Mad Man!
+ HG's WORLD also linked What Beijing Olympics will tell us about our world.
+ And linked The Gap: where it's hardest to grow food and where populations grow fastest.
+ Ben Medler mentioned the Gap.
+ Mackinlay's also linked Barnett: What Beijing Olympics will tell us about our world .
+ So did Sing Tao Global Network (in Chinese).
+ And http://groups.google.com/group/talker picked it up.
+ So did pc2n.

+ HG's WORLD linked `Locking in China at Today's Prices' and Recasting the Long War as a Joint Sino-American Venture.

+ Soob evoked the SysAdmin.
+ Outside the Beltway mentioned the SysAdmin and Leviathan.
+ Information Dissemination linked Guest Post: Lt. Gen. William Caldwell.

+ CGSC 09-1 Group 08B mentioned Tom's Leavenworth appearance.
+ EcOasis for an Un-Sustainable Planet says more people should read PNM.
+ Opposed Systems Design mentioned the SysAdmin.
+ Enterprise Resilience Management Blog mentioned Tom's interpretation of European history.
+ House of Marathon mentioned PNM.
+ Auspundits linked The essence of Russia today.
+ Fierce Joy mentioned Tom's view of FDI as one of the best ways to shrink the Gap.
+ ArtLung Blog embedded the Middlebury Brief.

+ World Student Press Agency reprinted the Good article, 'Ten Reasons Why China Matters To You'.
+ Cristy Li picked it up.
+ Haft of the Spear (snarkily) linked A glimpse of the future of citizenship.