Taxpayers' returns on their investment

+ Yikes! Clemson is gaining on Iowa! Iowa dropped four spots to #25 and Clemson climbed to #30 in USN&WR's public university rankings.

+ Tom Friedman nails it on this one (via ERMB):

I'm not sure yet who's the winner in the war between Hezbollah and Israel, but I know who's the big loser: Iran's taxpayers. What a bunch of suckers.