Sunday morning roundup

DC throws money at organizations that do nothing, while AIDS sufferers die.

The first installment of David Rohde's kidnapping ordeal.

Two perspectives on the thinning of fashion models.

A whole bunch of unfortunate baby names.

Heroism never gets old.

There's something slightly off about the way Bono writes, but this column has some good stuff.

For some reason, I woke up this morning thinking about Cardiff, and it was in Cardiff that I first experienced David Hockney's art.