Red Like Me: The blissful existence of Elmo, from Slate.

Making Room, from Alpha Mom.

Colbert Lampoons Bush’s Torture Agenda.

A Little Learning Is an Expensive Thing, from The New York Times.

How to dress like a Mac, from LifeClever.

People Who Share a Bed, and the Things They Say About It,, from The New York Times.

Cats with jobs, from Stuff On My Cat.

Catching up with the Vuelta, from Fat Cyclist.

Espresso’s New Wave Hits Town, from The New York Times.

Tea’s Got a Brand New Bag, from The New York Times.

When Being Varsity-Fit Masks an Eating Disorder, from The New York Times.

The Dog That Didn't Bark: Can I cure my sociopathic beagle with the Dog Whisperer's techniques?, from Slate. What the Dog Saw: Cesar Millan and the movements of mastery, from the New Yorker.

What Valerie Plame Really Did at the CIA, from The Nation.