Progress in Africa and the Development-Compassional complex

Interesting opinion on a growing sense that the focus in the west on humanitarian disasters in Africa obscures real progress that is going on there. To actually help, we in the west have got to do a better job in understanding the basic economics of what's going on.

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Aerion tweaks SSBJ in bid to snare manufacturers

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Roundtable probes the politics of China's large-scale investments in Africa

China continues to invest in Africa at an ever-increasing pace. What are the implications of this, and how should the West respond?

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ARMED FORCES JOURNAL - A failure in generalship - May 2007

The American armed forces' general leadership have not made the required shift in mindset to fight the wars of the 21st century.

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The Missing Mission: Expeditionary Police for Peacekeeping and Transnational Stability (SWJ Blog)

As the capacity for violence descends from the state to the individual, we need more innovative methods of dealing with it.

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From the Horrors of Genocide, Rwanda Emerges as a Surprise Success - US News and World Report

Rwanda has made great strides since the 1994 genocide, but has a long way to go. Bright points include a nationwide wireless network, cleaning up corruption in government, and progress towards reconciliation.

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Uneasy Alliance Is Taming One Insurgent Bastion - New York Times

sunnis in anbar are starting to tire of al-qaeda

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Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System - washingtonpost.com

This is one of those stories that makes you think "isn't there a law...?" and then you realize that the people who make the laws really do have the power. I hope this guy wins his lawsuit. At least he has a good attitude:

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Congo ruler runs up £207,000 hotel bill - Sunday Times - Times Online

Can anyone tell me why this country deserves to exist (as an independent country)? This is just a big tribal village that has a chief who exists only to enrich himself. We shouldn't give them a penny of aid.

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The Persistently Poor - washingtonpost.com

This is the flip side of the World Bank report on poverty. There are certainly a handful of "basket case" countries that are going to require a more concerted effort to build a functioning society.

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TCS Daily - The Global Poor Are Getting Richer, Faster

Good news, but it would be interesting to see how these numbers break down.

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Reason Magazine - The Economist and the Dictator

Interesting article about the relationship (or lack of one) between Friedman and Pinochet.

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The myth of the big bad drug companies - Los Angeles Times

It costs, on average, more than a billion dollars to get the first pill to market. All subsequent pills, however, can be made and marketed for only a few additional dollars or cents. Of course, no user ever wants to pay the big bill for that first pill.

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Robert J. Samuelson - Farewell to Pax Americana - washingtonpost.com

Samuelson thinks that we are witnessing the beginning of the end of American dominance. I tend to think that reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated.

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Bush Has Quietly Tripled Aid to Africa - washingtonpost.com

But attacking African poverty has become a growing priority of some of the religious groups at the core of Bush's political base, and some lawmakers credit them with stoking the president's interest in the subject.

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Religion: Love the Film, Hate the Sin? Christians Debate. - Newsweek Periscope - MSNBC.com

Whoops... I bet that casting this guy as the lead in this film will cost the producers $50 million.

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James Lileks on how to be an internet nut job

Lileks is so funny. "Now go out there and give Google something vile to cache for your kids to see someday!"

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What if wiretapping works?

Posner is a genius. This is one of the best treatments of the wiretapping issue that I've seen anywhere.

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Liberia's daunting new beginning / First female president in Africa faces effects of war and deep corruption

Good markets demand good governments.

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