Not to play the party card (for those who don’t know, I have a strong and fairly equal dislike for both sides of the aisle), but only under the Bush administration does one have to outlaw something that is already illegal.

Synop: Bill outlaws domestic wiretapping (again); passed in the House today.

Good grief. On the same day that the BBC published a story on the seemingly embarrasing difference between Chinese and English math comprehension requirements (which I mentioned earlier here), they report that students are actually being encouraged to drop higher math courses in order to inflate the university’s standing on league tables.