One of the oddities of those oh so socially democratic Nordic countries is that in many ways they're not what would be called social democratic in UK terms. School vouchers, no inheritance tax, postcode lotteries for medical care....
Speaking of school vouchers, Obama's children don't attend the public school system but they're shutting down the voucher scheme that would enable others to make that same choice. Obama signed off on that restriction of other peoples' choices too.
Paul Krugman is indeed Paul Krugman, but he's still right on trade.
The libel law just got a whole lot more difficult for journalists and bloggers.
The ID cards mess just had yet another twist of spin added to it.
Why the American banking system won't go the way of the Japanese one.
And finally, physicists prove that vampires cannot exist.
