Czech-Mate for Violent Sex Offenders

I thought this was interesting. It's "qisas" in Europe!

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Europeans Debate Castration of Sex Offenders
By DAN BILEFSKY
Whether castration can help rehabilitate violent sex
offenders is under new scrutiny in the Czech Republic.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/world/europe/11castrate.html?th&emc=th

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That's one huuuuuuuge "angpow"...!

http://www.theedgedaily.com/political-news/1735-gerakan-claiming-5-angpow-mega-projects.html

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Stiglitz says...

... tax cuts are ineffective in a freefalling economy: "with Americans facing a debt overhang, rapidly increasing unemployment (and the worst unemployment compensation system among major industrial countries) and falling asset prices, they are likely to save much of the tax cut."

Hubaya hubaya knee-jerk libertarians who think that tax cuts are the cure-all formula for the economy!

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Forbes.com Mobile Edition

Interesting analysis of dpm's spending habits in the past, in trying to divine clues for the upcoming "mini-budget"...

http://mobile.forbes.com/device/article.php?CALL_URL=http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2009/03/05/afx6128087.html?

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Will countries resort to protectionism?

This is a reminder of how the debate on free trade will flare up as countries scramble to find a way to insulate themselves from the fallout of the economic crisis...

Home | Recovery.gov

This is impressive.

http://www.recovery.gov/
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Why America is Still the Country to Beat

I just read in Thomas Friedman's "The World is Flat" that the US has around 4,000 (!) colleges and universities. Compare this with about 7,800 colleges and universities in the rest of the world.

This means that one-third of ALL colleges and universities globally is located in the US!

Proof enough that education and innovation is truly the driver for economic growth and development. We cannot dream of setting up sustainable high-tech industries and develop world-class brands, for as long as we starve our colleges and universities of the breathing space and the necessary funds to grow and thrive.

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