Sometimes, weeks go by I can't think of a thing worth committing even to electronic paper. Today, I've seen 3 topics already. A little free time can go a long way. Quickest topic first. Friedman's The World is Flat may be breathless and obvious, but it provides a useful common reference now. In the book, Friedman talks often of the likelihood that the same countries the western world currently frets will take all our jobs (India, Mexico, China, etc) will eventually themselves face the same problems. I offer you the headline "~~~~~~~ Admits Poor Treatment of Migrants" . Which country did you put in that blank? Any country picking up outsourced jobs is a half step from having that headline.