Author: Dan Oshinsky

AM/PM: Will America be too busy talking about Brett Favre to notice the start of the Summer Olympics?

Ad Watch: Pepsi, and the Official Olympic Cheer.

Secret Cab Driver Restaurants.

Hot Hot is It?

Around the links.

Who is this man?

Beijing goes green.

Beijing = London x10.

I love this logo.

When you wish upon a star.

Deportationally-Themed Corned Chips.

Olympic Toons.

An Unfortunate Mandarin Word.

Jackie Chan, Environmentalist.

Ad Watch: Liu Xiang Will Endorse Anything.

Iran’s 7’2” Center Was Hurt.

AM/PM: How to Say Nothing, and Other Morning Links.

From the Olympic Manual: at the Bird’s Nest.

Theocracy on the Hardwood.

What happened to one gymnast after the Olympics ended.

AM/PM: What the Chinese women’s track and field team has up their sleeves.

The Onion says: the Olympics are a trap.

MurrayChass.com, also blocked in China.

The Budweiser ants.

The Chinese-approved guide for dealing with absent-minded athletes.

Beijing, Denver and Google.

The IOC Has Approved Internet Censorship.

Manu Ginobili’s birthday.

A barbecue joint in Beijing.

On: Megaphones and Tomatoes.