Hot links from recent days: Say hello to Syfy … “This administration has already managed to create the impression that it’s owned by the wheeler-dealers,” says Paul Krugman … Natasha Chart describes the War on the Amazon … Terrorism is the No. 1 selling headline, Michael van der Galien observes … An Israeli scholar argues that the Essenes never existed … How to fix the Fed, by William Greider … China’s last eunuch rues the loss of his “treasure” … Alexander Zaitchik insists Obama’s serious about ending Pentagon waste … Pakistan is being reshaped by popular will, writes Mohsin Hamad … Could ether hold the secret to consciousness? … Rick Newman offers new incentives for failure … WWJD–on spring break? … Cheney belongs in jail, Richard Dreyfuss says … Steve Martin funds a banned high school play … The sad tale of a bat who hitched a ride into space … Thank a soldier, says Queensrÿche’s Geoff Tate … Nation rues the death and life of great American papers … China: An ex-soldier at Tiananmen is being held after expressing his regret … Humor: Web to reduce email delivery … Peter Fenn discusses the tyranny of the minority … Abandoned factory photo junkies, here is heaven … Juan Cole blogs his Colbert Report experience … US bird populations in decline … From hedge funds to pizza delivery: one man’s tale … Playboy is sharing back issues. Online. For free … The fall and rise of the right whale … McCain: Obama’s budget is “a threat to the nation” … This is the way the Internet ends … Howard Dean: hailed abroad, shunned at home … Global warming and human activity are speeding Antarctica’s thaw … Is Jupiter’s Great Red Spot on its way out? … Steve Hynd knows who’s really running Pakistan … Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead sings Jimi Hendrix’s praises … Artist Weiwei Ai is creating a sensation in China … Salam Pax looks back, one last time … Matt Taibbi exposes the big takeover … And finally, Bill O’Reilly says, “Off with those pants.” Tame when compared to O’bama. ∞