Does everyone know by now that Bill Clinton helped with the Dubai deal? I think the entire ports thing is a non-issue.
The dark side of China's economic rise: Pei on corruption, cronyism, and neo-Leninism.
Arthur J. Dahlgren, Jr to Strike Fla. Panhandle? National Weather Service to give hurricanes full names next year.
Borders wars. What is going on down there? Hey, GW??? Wash. Times
Anger at AOL for its plan to charge for email. Why shouldn't they charge for it? Give me one good reason.
Are there too many people on the earth? Earth's population has doubled since 1960. Is it a problem? Of course it is.
Can you have Bible study at the Univ. of Wisconsin? Now you can. But wait... one student felt "uncomfortable" about it. Have we raised a nation of infants?
Happiness, Jeremy Bentham, and high taxes to reduce envy! Good piece by Wilkinson at Reason. (H/T, Samizdata)
Whither Conservatism? The goal of a smaller federal govt is as elusive as ever. Rick Moran proposes "good govt" rather than smaller govt.
Minneapolis blacks love their charter schools. From a piece titled "Black Flight" in Opinion Journal:
According to the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute, Minneapolis charter school enrollment is 91% minority and 84% low-income, while district enrollment is 72% minority and 67% low-income. Joe Nathan, the center's director, says that parents want strong academic programs, but also seek smaller schools and a stable teaching staff highly responsive to student needs. Charter schools offer many options. Some cater to particular ethnic communities like the Hmong or Somali; others offer "back to basics" instruction or specialize in arts or career preparation. At Harvest Preparatory School, a K-6 school that is 99% black and two-thirds low income, students wear uniforms, focus on character, and achieve substantially higher test scores than district schools with similar demographics.
