Links I liked

1. The forecast for Israel: not good

2. The Nigerian tasked with improving his country’s image? Cell phone stolen entering campaign launch

3. A take-down of the NY Times‘ columnists, in one lovely paragraph

4. Teju Cole: Rome is a developing country

5. The Pope’s condom controversy: Better posts than mine here, here and here

6. The bailout and AIG: thugz speak out