You're Only as Strong as This Week's Links

Stuff I read this week that I would want someone to send me if I had not found on my own:

The awesomeness of Albert Pujols:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=4271518.

Music and matters of the heart:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/thelife/news/story?id=4222398

Intellectual stimulation:
http://www.gladwell.com/2009/2009_05_11_a_david.html

Is this really happening? N Korean-US clash
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/19/military-set-intercept-north-korean-ship-suspected-proliferatin-missiles-nukes/