Taxing Airspace

From the Club for Growth:

"Lawmakers in Illinois want to tax airplanes that fly over their state. That's right...they want to tax air."

Credit Cards Overseas

MarketWatch has an article entitled "An avoidable charge" which is a good read for anyone about to head overseas. It goes through the various considerations in deciding which credit card(s) to use overseas as well as how to use them, e.g., insist that retailers charge you in local currency rather than in US dollars.