Links of the Day, January 5

News John C. Liu is sworn in as the first Asian-American comptroller of New York City. Republicans are coming out strongly against consumer protection. Sports TIME profiles Harvard’s Jeremy Lin. Why Edgar Martinez belongs in the Hall of Fame. Miscellaneous The changing Oval Office. Avatar gets conservatives in a huff.

Links of the Day, December 1

It’s World AIDS Day. Watch this vid: Iron Man 2: News Barack will make an address tonight on Afghanistan, with preliminary reports suggesting a rapid deployment of an additional 30-35,000 troops. The proposed Comcast-NBC merger would be the largest media merger in recent history. South Africa vows to treat all HIV-positive babies (which is a …