Everybody’s got blogwatch but me…

JaneGalt (or rather, a guest-blogger thereat): Whaddya know–Kennedy didn’t say he was a jelly donut.

After Kelo: A roundup of state-level efforts to curb eminent domain abuse. Via… maybe the Volokh Conspiracy? Not sure.

Celebs Against Farm Subsidies!:

…The photo shoots were organized by the nonprofit advocacy group Oxfam America as part of an ad campaign to raise awareness of what they say is the unfair nature of agricultural subsidies. The campaign urges wealthy nations like the United States and European countries to stop dumping agricultural products onto the world market, which Oxfam argues makes it impossible for farmers in poor countries to compete.

The celebrities who agreed to be dumped on–the actors Minnie Driver, Colin Firth and Antonio Banderas; U2’s lead singer, Bono; Coldplay’s lead singer, Chris Martin; R.E.M.’s lead singer, Michael Stipe; Alanis Morrissette; and Radiohead’s lead singer, Thom Yorke–say they donated their time for the campaign because they believe it is important to level the playing field for developing nations.

“People think more aid will help, but it won’t,” said Ms. Driver, an actress who is working on her second music CD. “Trade is the surest way of decreasing the savage amount of poverty in our world. These countries have got to be able to trade fairly.” …

Oxfam America estimates that from 2001 to 2003, the presence of artificially cheap American cotton on the world market caused an estimated $400 million in losses to farmers in these West African nations. American producers account for roughly 40 percent of the world’s cotton exports, giving them considerable influence over prices, according to the International Cotton Advisory Committee, an association of the governments of cotton producing and consuming nations.

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Via JaneGalt.