1) The globalization of whisky markets, (not) continued - Chavez' currency crackdown hurts whisky sales. Fine by me, retorts Chavez: "Rich people are lazy and almost all of them spend every day drinking whisky." I think he's been watching too much Mad Men.
2) Thank Goodness It's Thursday - Hawaii cuts the school year by a fifth, Colorado Springs plunges into the dark, and other stories from the Great Recession. As a colleague of mine pointed out, somehow all of this is tolerated in lieu of even a discussion about raising taxes. Update: Illinois has been forced to feature in adult films to make ends meet.
3) The Topic of Cancer - "In whatever kind of a “race” life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist."
4) Gone 'till November - Wyclef Jean to run in Haitian presidential elections this November.
5) The Sauna World Championships - The Finns are weird.
