Some Links:

• An article on inequality, neo-conservatism and labour laws. Compare and Contrast with the latest study from the CCPA.
• In honour of the mission team from my church returning tomorrow: this article "'It's almost like being on another planet,' said the 43-year-old Canadian, who heads the biggest aid program in Pyongyang." A Canadian aid worker is struggling to keep North Korean children from starvation.
• tech trends that didn't pan out this year.
• The last night of the old guard. The final hours of the republican congress were filled with a flurry of legislative activity.