--Norway’s sovereign fund is one of the world’s largest and most transparent state investment vehicles. Last year, it cited “serious and systematic” human- and labor- rights abuses in divesting itself of all of its shares in Wal-Mart Stores Inc., valued at 416 million.—WSJ Dec 1/2, 2007 A11
--Abundance (as Daniel Bell once observed) may be the American substitute for socialism; but as shared social objectives go, shopping remains something of an underachievement. –NYRB Dec. 6, 2007. P26
--Corruption and theft are not new to Iraq, and government officials have promised to address the problem. But as Iraqis and American official sasses the effects of this year’s American troop increase, there is a growing sense that, even as security has improved Iraq has slipped to new depths of lawlessness. NYT A1 Dec. 2, 2007. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
--Robots in love. By 2025 “at the latest’ [David Levy ] predicts “artificial emotion technologlies” will allow robots to be more emotionally available than the typical American Human male.—NYTBR, Dec. 2, 2007, p 14
--Lawyers in love. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in October that attorney Michaell Inglimo did not violate a state regulation that bars a lawyer from having sex “with a current client.” Inglimo had sex with a client’s girl friend during a three-way session, but according to thbe judges, the regulation bans only direct sex with the client.—SBT, Dec. 2, 2007, A8
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