again I seem to have missed a few.
April 6th, 2009 3:39 am
We are gremlins from the Kremlin
The Los Angeles Times says that Kim Jong Il’s rocket didn’t make orbit. But North Korea claims it as a step forward anyhow. Is the glass half-empty or half-full? And what are the lessons to be learned?
April 5th, 2009 8:21 pm
You may say that I’m a dreamer
The Independent writes, “Obama calls for total nuclear disarmament”.
April 5th, 2009 7:25 pm
The dark frontier
Michael Nazir-Ali, the Church of England’s Bishop of Rochester has resigned. The Daily Mail has the story.
April 5th, 2009 3:04 pm
The King’s Shilling
Stuart Varney of Fox Business complains that the government isn’t accepting TARP repayments from some banks because it would allow them to escape the mandated controls that are coming down the pike.
April 5th, 2009 1:50 pm
Shifting the foundations
The Charles Murray of the Bell Curve fame argues in an WSJ article called “The Europe Syndrome” that the real effect of increasing dependence on the state is that communities, families — and individuals — begin to atrophy like disused muscles. “Europeanization” isn’t a cosmetic change, but a fundamental one. The effect is that we eventually expect things to be “guaranteed” to us by others and stop learning how to do it ourselves. But, from a systems point of view, this is sleight of hand. We are the “others” we’ve been waiting for to save us, and we are also the atrophied.
April 5th, 2009 4:43 am
Can we bequeath our Frequent Flyer points?
(Hat tip Tigerhawk) The Financial Times explains in numbers what Mark Steyn has asserted in words. We don’t have enough people to pay our bills. The advanced economies are piling up generational debt so fast they need to make children pronto so they can saddle them with unpaid obligations.
April 5th, 2009 1:12 am
Curses, foiled again
Reuters quotes diplomatic sources as saying that UN Security Council is unlikely to impose any sanctions on North Korea for firing a missile in defiance of earlier Security Council Resolutions.
April 4th, 2009 7:52 pm
North Korea fires its missile
The missile is reputed, as of this writing, to be over the Pacific Ocean having overflown Japan. A Japanese cabinet spokesmans says that the Nokor action was in violation of Security Council resolutions 1695 and 1718. Japan has decided to create a number of committees to study the situation and their response will be announced later.
April 4th, 2009 3:52 pm
And then the ship seemed to momentarily rise in the water
Boston.com says the Globe may close unless a deal is struck with the unions. But even if the unions agree, will it be enough? The unthinkable is happening.
April 4th, 2009 3:12 pm
“Send him the bill”
The Times Online describes NATO’s response to Barack Obama’s impassioned plea to make a stand in Afghanistan. The Allies listened politely, left some small change on the table, then smiled and waved.
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