* British Columbia Survives 3 Years and $848 Million Worth of Carbon Taxes

* Speaking out in China is not so easy: The Dissident’s Wife. See also At China’s New Museum, History Toes Party Line.

* Snookinomics: Profits From a Tan. Apparently I need to raise my speaking fees!

* Losing unemployment benefits: The Jobless See a Lifeline at Risk and Missouri Halts Extension of Pay for Unemployed.

* Declaration of independence (from foreign-grown coffee)

* When Ailments Pile Up, Asking Patients to Rethink Free Dialysis

* Peter G. Peterson’s Last Anti-Debt Crusade

* Jobless Rate Is Not the New Normal by Christina Romer