A forward looking glance at the next decade. Note the interesting take on the most recent terrorist attack attempt.

A rather interesting take on President Obama's responses -- or lack thereof -- to unexpected events.

Think New Media hasn't taken over? Think again.

The Seattle Times is doing a series on Seattle sports fans. Here is the Husky Football part.

A two-part Politico look back at 2009.

And Yahoo!'s 2009 Year in Review page.

Finally, I wanted to add a couple of links I meant to share over the weekend:

Despite the loud opposition to federal funding for abortion by religious groups, don't lump Catholic hospitals into that.

In the last New York City election, well-known because of Michael Bloomberg's astronomical spending and small margin of victory, the minority was, well, no longer a minority.

I am finding easy to understand, but hard to swallow the criticism of Michael Vick receiving the Philadelphia Eagles' Courage Award. This award is voted on by players, teammates. He won it unanimously. People that share a locker room know vastly more about the lives of those they share it with than anyone outside of it. I reiterate: he won it unanimously. That means something.