What I'm reading, March 5, 2006

SPORTS - politics, the crossover sport
= Gateway Pundit: Bush Goes to Bat in Pakistan - Includes pics of W making a reasonable approximation to a as batsman and as a bowler. What's this about the clash of civilizations?

= Curling for Columbine. Why is Canadian Broadcast Corp outsourcing it sportscasting to an American?


CULTURE
= How the internet is assisting in the project to preserve culture in a world where the spread of English threatens local languages. And ending Intellectual Isolation, for those who chose to avail themselves of the opportunity.

= Another economist takes on polygamy


TRAFFIC - be afraid, very afraid
= Buckle up Abu Dhabians - Actually, I find this a bit disconcerting. If I inject with a safer inside to your car, I think you will respond by driving major dangerously. I hope enforcement is as successful as enforcment of the reckless driving laws are in the UAE.

UAE FINANCIAL MARKETS
= Spread the wealth. I like the way His Highness, Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, thinks. Like an economist. My recommendation: Extend this concept in two directions. Open it to all UAE nationals. Second, include ownership in the ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) and the Abu Dhabi Investment Fund.