Monday digest

- It seems that there's all kinds of money floating around for government babysitting programs here in the Great White North, but no one seems to know what it's been spent on.

- I posted a link the other day which suggested that political freedom matters less than economic freedom. This article would support that contention.

- Here's a fella who unconvincingly says that we need a bigger public sector because it's not fair that crooks can pay to upgrade their jail cells in Lotusland. His ridiculous and hyperbolic arguments do nothing to sway me from thinking that small government, focused on a few key responsibilities, is the most effective.

- A documentary slated to air on PBS that puts Islam under the microscope has been scuttled because it has offended politically correct sensibilities. They're piloting "Little Mosque on the Prairie" instead.

Just kidding about that last part.

- I haven't blogged about Iraq in some time, largely because there's so much nonsense written out there from both sides of the political spectrum, but this is a must-read from L. Paul Bremer.

- Zimbabwe has taken their place at the head of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.

And we're to take the UN seriously?