Opinion: The Week in Review

How many Frenchmen does it take to...?

Apparently it took 28 people over 16 days to discover the biggest scandal in Societe Generale's history. And this despite 75 warnings regarding his behavior. Kind of makes me wish I worked in France.

How would a communist spend his rebate check?

He wouldn't. At least he wouldn't if he listened to the pinko columnists over at the New York Times. They think the government should fund universal investment accounts. I was so offended by the idea that I didn't even bother reading the column.

What's in a name?

To the folks at Commerce Bank in New York City, not much. According to Reuters, Benjamin Lovell pleaded innocent to charges of grand larceny after withdrawing more than $2 million from a Commerce Bank account that did not belong to him. It belonged to someone with the same name. Whoops.

I thought humans had backbones?

Google co-founder Sergey Brin called Microsoft's bid on rival Yahoo, "an unnerving maneuver that threatens innovation on the Internet... And when you start to have companies that control the operating system, control the browsers, they really tie up the top Web sites, and can be used to manipulate stuff in various ways. I think that's unnerving."

Boo-friggen-hoo, Sergey. Don't you know there's nothing more American than a good old-fashioned monopoly?

Outsourcing doesn't feel so good, does it China?

The Chinese are feeling the effects of higher manufacturing costs, higher taxes, and stricter enforcement of environmental standards as manufacturers look to Vietnam, Indonesia and India for their low-cost goods. If that don't just make you smile...