Good stuff here on Bin Laden raid, economics, energy growth and awesome pictures of dunes in Angola. Updated for a recent article I wrote at the bottom.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/08/110808fa_fact_schmidle
http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/07/galactic-scale-energy/
http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/07/can-economic-growth-last/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sossusvlei
I should also add a link my my article in the Stahancyk, Kent & Hook company newsletter.