An Islamist attacked tourists in a resort in Tunisia. The goal of the attack was evidently to harm Tunisia, which has voted against Islamist fanaticism.

Tunisia must resist the lure of attacking it own human rights.

The US, the UK, Australia and France have failed this test, but Tunisia can still pass it.

Islamist terrorism in the US is so small, on the scale of violence, that it is not worth making a fuss about.

That is not true in the Middle East, of course.

Australia is considering exiling Australians accused of fighting for PISSI, making them stateless. Naturally, the government proposes to do this without trial. Any Australian could be arbitrarily exiled this way.

The IMF's empirical research conclusively disproves the "trickle-down" theory that concentrating wealth will boost economic growth. On the contrary, redistribution to the poor boosts economic growth.

Of course, we already had plenty of informal proof of that.

Now those businesses that give workers a raise can call themselves "wealth creators".

An Islamist attacked tourists in a resort in Tunisia. The goal of the attack was evidently to harm Tunisia, which has voted against Islamist fanaticism.

Tunisia must resist the lure of attacking it own human rights.

The US, the UK, Australia and France have failed this test, but Tunisia can still pass it.

Islamist terrorism in the US is so small, on the scale of violence, that it is not worth making a fuss about.

That is not true in the Middle East, of course.

Australia is considering exiling Australians accused of fighting for PISSI, making them stateless. Naturally, the government proposes to do this without trial. Any Australian could be arbitrarily exiled this way.