So, we're coming up on the one year anniversary of the monumental Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, and we're finally getting more light on the actual stats. As with most things, there is good news and bad news.

Bad news, the air quality was pretty scary. (surprise, surprise right?) Mr. James Fallows over at the Atlantic Monthly sheds some light through this dense fog of Beijing pollution here.

"...a joint US-Chinese governmental study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, has concluded that the air during the Beijing Olympics was far dirtier and unhealthier than in other recent Games..."

Good news! Beijing's IOC made money! Well, depends on how you spin it. The Wall Street Journal has some great stats here.

"Those who wondered whether the Beijing Olympics turned a profit and whether it was the most expensive Games ever may be marginally wiser after a report by China’s chief auditing agency. The report (in Chinese) issued Friday said the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics had 1.16 billion yuan ($171 million) more in revenue than expenses."