Link roundup 05/05/08
(posted by Angelica)
Jesus made me puke: Rolling stone goes undercover at a Megachurch
Wetland water treatment: Georgia town finds creating wetlands solution to water shortage problem. Score one for innovative ideas coming from the local level.
Lasik, benefits fuzzy for some?: This is not really an AOTP-relevant link. However, I put it up as a public service announcement.
Denmark tops Economist magazine’s business environment rankings: It seems social safety net not incompatible with good business environment and responsive labor market. Think “flexicurity”. (HT: Will Wilkinson, who quips “These United States finish just under Sweden. If only we could adopt the Nordic model and have a less fettered capitalism!”)
Federal ‘Reading First’ program not helping kids read better, said study: No Child Left Behind centerpiece program not helping kids get ahead either.
DC Madam commits suicide: Faced with up to six years in jail.
Clinton-McCain Gas-tax holiday panned by economists Duh! In related news, Obama hits back with blunt 60 second spot.
Labor gets bigger, but does that means stronger?: Meet Andy Stern. He is growing SEIU membership despite the current hostile environment against unions. But is he doing so by giving away the store in closed-door meetings with bosses?
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:53 am
Taibbi’s account of the Hagee organization was hilarious. My favorite part was his story about his “alcoholic circus clown” dad beating him with his oversize clown shoes.