Sunday digest

- "Private jets for climate change" Live Earth is now behind us, and whether the artists involved had any grasp of the facts of the issue, or, for that matter, perspective, is seemingly less important than, well, having your heart in the right place - on stage.

- A fascinating look at human rights before and after the invasion of Iraq, here. Meanwhile, the NYT says it's time to cut and run, despite, by their own admission, the inevitable chaos that would result in the region.

- A damning indictment of the ideology of "developmentalism" comes to us from the vital NYU economist William Easterly.