US States
by levels of reported happiness: Utah wins! (And there is a correlation between happiness and average income.)
Chart
allowing one to follow migrant groups settlement patterns.
The US as
a nation of jailers. Responding that
the victims of crime also count.
The Obama Administration is trying to do an awful lot of diplomatic activity
all at once. The Obama team is turning out to be
very hard to get hold of. About
the mishandling of UK PM Brown’s visit to the White House. Wondering about
the quality of the folk around Obama. Wondering about
the deep and continuing problems nominating key personnel. There has been
much less focus on appointing the economic policy team than the foreign affairs one. Worrying about
the lack of clarity in what matters.
President Obama
is addicted to his teleprompter. A
teleprompter oops. Analysing Obama
as Hamlet: this is perhaps the most brutal analysis of his lack of experience I have seen.
Wondering if Obama’s
glaring inconsistencies will catch up with him. A
case in point. His approval ratings
are below where Dubya’s were at the same stage in his Presidency. The AIG bailout and executive bonuses and
the dangers for the Administration.
Some of Madoff’s victims went to watch him
plead guilty.