Don Boudreaux at Cafe Hayek asks whether, instead of finding another Strauss-Kahn to run the IMF, we shouldn’t just end the organization.  Or at least end our contributions to it.    I agree.  Giving money and power to these people certainly did no favors for anyone involved.

Ever since the rapist-in-chief  got into the news, I’ve been wondering what the folks who posted these signs in Dublin have been thinking about that topic.   (The photo was taken March 30.)   Do they take it as a sign of the hopelessness of reform that he’s out on bail?

I have no idea how many people went to that demonstration on April 6.

(Reuters) – Germany’s undiplomatic outbursts against U.S. policy, calling it “clueless” before a G20 summit, show growing estrangement on economics as America’s focus shifts away from transatlantic ties to domestic challenges and Asia.

“The Atlantic is getting wider,” said Anton Boerner, head of Germany’s Foreign Trade Association, who spoke of a “creeping alienation” between America and Europe, which has been exacerbated by the global financial crisis. [URL]

And there’s a related headline on the same page:

Obama returns fire after China slams Fed’s move

This can’t be right. I thought George W. Bush was the one who engaged in a go-it-alone foreign policy, cowboy style, without concern for what our allies thought.

Has anyone ever seen Timmy Geithner and GWB in the same room together?

(I’m not saying nobody else has pointed it out. I’d think it would be obvious to anyone who lived through the 1960s. But Shapiro’s is the first mention that I’ve seen.)