Tuesday digest

- Something smells a little fishy about the minimum wage increase just passed in the States (excluding American Samoa).

- This year's Economic Freedom index has just been released. See here.

- FInally, justice.

- What to make of this controversial survey in which almost two in three Quebeckers freely admitted to being at least slightly uncomfortable with people who are different then they are, compared with one in two in the rest of Canada? (See here.) Personally and anecdotally, I think that intolerance is generally more acceptable in Quebec (and particularly among francophones) than it is elsewhere in Canada - the "blueneck" phenomenon.

- Good to see that world opinion is starting to shift on Iran, but nonsense like this, from the "we're our own worst enemy" file, has got to be stopped.

- I'd like to thank the mysterious Good Samaritan who blew out my driveway yesterday, allowing me to enjoy both my new 2007 Michelin Road Atlas and my latest Amazon haul last night without 3/4 of a foot of snow hanging over my head.

- Finally, the list of potential inductees for the 2007 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony has been released. Without question, the Ultimate Warrior, Ted DiBiase, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, the Honky Tonk Man, Randy "Macho Man" Savage and the late "Ravishing" Rick Rude have all got to be first-ballot entries.