Quick Links

Posting has been light yesterday and today due to a small family emergency (I only wish it was small!), but I think it might have been resolved this evening, so things should be back to "normal" tomorrow and over the weekend.

Here are tonight's quick links:

German States Move To Enact Headscarf Bans - a brilliant populist move, but not the kind that you really want to see happen here. Sometimes freedom of religion involves accepting customs that are objectionable to the majority. As much as I dislike the idea of Islamic fundamentalism running rampant across America, banning headscarfs would not be a solution I would support.

The international decentralisation of US commercial aircraft production: implications for US employment and trade - another essay on the loss of high quality jobs to low cost nations.

Israel grounds pilots who refused missions in Palestinian territories - "One has to realise that this is not a democratic organisation." And a military should not be. It's good to see the Israeli Air Force taking a stand for discipline.

The Caligulization of the Democratic Party - An interesting comparison of some of the current political players to various Roman emperors or institutions.