Retired Army lieutenant colonel says Chinese navy is switching from 'a defensive navy' to 'an aggressive overseas navy,' with estimated ship count of 260 ships versus 286 U.S. ships.

Time magazine marvels at advertisers' 'great influence over our behavior,' don't acknowledge individual decisions.

Since foreclosure is everyone else's fault, the Times says debtors don't 'slink away in shame.'

News service wonders why 'conservatives who usually denounce federal activism suddenly are clamoring for it.'

'No Plastic Girl' joins 'No Impact Man,' 'Compost Man' as media's green superheroes.

CNBC contributor argues only way Obama administration is authorized legally to intervene in Gulf Coast spill is to put oil giant in receivership.

Newspaper leads with salt's 'ill effects on the nation's health,' buries study about portion control.

Out of 500 million users, NY Times and NBC can't find one person who supports Facebook.

Matt Taibbi explains he is encouraged by magazine editors to make mundane policy issues like financial regulation reform interesting with 'name-calling.'

Michael Hirsh worries about 'lack of regulation' but not about Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae.

Meg Whitman's poll numbers hurt by 'ties to a controversial Wall Street firm,' yet Elena Kagan's connections nothing more than 'possible thorny issue.'

'World News' segment tags discredited 'hockey-stick graph' professor Michael Mann as victim of hate groups.

CNBC CME reporter says not all of the market travails can be blamed on trouble in Europe.