week in review

China is facing a population crisis, but not the one you might think: Thanks to the one-child policy and to increased longevity, there may not be enough young people soon to take care of the old ones. Also, there are too many men.

The Bush administration's message discipline is disintegrating.

The Public Editor takes on the Times's Iraq coverage and recent self-critique, which he says is mostly right but is not enough.

Will Iraq be united or divided?

"How the Evangelicals and Catholics Joined Forces"

Six letters on college students and war, specifically Yale and Iraq.

An editorial on what's wrong with voting machine testing.

oh yeah and

A name-dropping but cute essay in the style section:

Because I grew up with the name Strawberry, my first reaction to hearing about the birth of Ms. Paltrow's daughter, Apple Blythe Alison Martin, on May 14 was, "Finally, someone to share my vast body of otherwise useless knowledge with."

I guess "name-dropping but cute" pretty much sums up Sunday Styles at its least aggravating.