France is looking to match Britain's choice yesterday to impose a one-time 50% windfall tax on bank bonuses.  Amazing what you can get done in a country where it's illegal to bribe politicians!

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal published a bizarre and hateful rant by editor Bret Stephens, who compared climate scientists to anti-Semites and Stalinists, furthering the descent of the Climategate swiftboating campaign into parody.  Ever since The Journal was bought by Murdoch and its best writers quit in disgust, it's become almost daily more and more like Faux...er...Fox News.  We Distort, You Abide!