Monday digest

- How to reconcile the failure of Marxism with China's success? I'd suggest by first recognizing that what we're seeing China is hardly Marxism (did you know they have no capital gains tax on investment?) Meanwhile, this piece suggests that the rise of the Orient should be reason for an American rapprochement with France.

- More casualties (here and here) in Vladimir Putin's war on dissent as he turns Russia into a mockery of democratic political culture. It's time to bounce him from the G-8.

- What would happen if Shi'ite Iran developed nukes? Caroline Glick outlines the consequences.

- A concept worth considering: choice in education.

- Next time you hear someone argue that there's clearly a scientific consensus on the causes of global warming, ask them if they also believe that Elvis is still alive.