My Year of Hurricanes: The dramatic rescue of our lost cat from New Orleans, from Slate.

The Missing Link: The president's errant attempt to mix his troubles, from Slate. Shades of bin Laden and Iraq...

Martha's Makeover: She's fantastic on TV. Too bad her apprentices are so loathsome, from Slate.

Customer Service Heaven: An occasional series ferreting out hard-to-find phone numbers, from Slate.

Supersize Strollers Ignite Sidewalk Drama, from The New York Times.