links for 2008-04-19

• China’s higher education transformation - Vox EU
• Malthusian Simulation - YouNotSneaky!
• Why wouldn't we want an intellectual to be our president? - Los Angeles Times
• General Richard Myers "Hoodwinked" on Torture - UK Guardian
• The Economist's Cheery View of Credit Default Swaps - naked capitalism
• Efforts to Fight Poverty are on the Rise in States - Spotlight on Poverty
• Road Map to Defeat - Bob Herbert - New York Times
• Trapped in the Middle - WSJ
• The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online - Cambridge