Golf Ball Collection @ a Chinese Driving Range

Excerpt from "The Gospel According to the Beatles," by Steve Turner

Is the Bush Doctrine Dead?

The president's critics are wrong. That includes the neocons.
by Norman Podhoretz

Bush & Friends

President Bush gestures during a statement after meetings at the National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006 in McLean, Va. From left is Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Fran Townsend, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte, Bush, CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden, and Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Vice Admiral John "Scott" Redd. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US President George W. Bush(R) speaks while touring the operations center at the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Virginia with CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden(L), and Director of the center Vice Admiral John 'Scott' Redd. Bush pointed to last week's alleged plot in Britain to bomb US-bound airliners as evidence that the US-led war on terrorism will last "for years to come."(AFP/Tim Sloan)

President Bush gestures during a statement after meetings at the National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006 in McLean, Va. From left is Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Fran Townsend, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte, Bush, CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden and Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Vice Admiral John 'Scott' Redd. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

New to China

If you're looking for a fun read about a "newbies" experience in China, check out my former colleague, Chris Brooks' blog.