Beijing sensitive to social unrest, slashes stock taxes

This is a government who has major problems across the board. It's no wonder the leadership likes the Tibet situation, because it helps stir up nationalism and divert attention from even larger...

Obama's Senate Bill S.2433 - A U.N. Global Tax on the U.S.

Cross-posted by Maggie at Maggie's NotebookA "thank you" to Ticker at Jus' Sayin' for bringing focus to Senator Barack Obama's Senate Bill S.2433 - which allows the United Nations to place a global...

The UN Continues Corrupting Itself - A Chavez Connection

Cross-posted by Maggie at Maggie's NotebookThe United Nations simply cannot be shamed. The anti-poverty agency within the U.N., the U.N. Development Program (UNDP), is using it's procurement power to...

The myth of meritocracy, education edition

There's been some interesting blogging recently on mobility and meritocracy. A little while ago Atrios wrote, in the context of President Bush perpetuating the harmful idea that professional sports...