Links of the Day for 9 January 2008

• Open up: Despite a growing backlash, the boom in migration has been mostly good for both sending and recipient countries, says Adam Roberts (The Economist, 1/3/08)
• Gods Don’t Kill, People Do by Bernard Chazelle (A Tiny Revolution, 1/6/08)
• We Forget What It Was Really Like Under the Clintons by David Morris (Alternet, 1/7/08)
• Actually, happiness isn’t within: Some cultures are simply better at producing happy citizens than others by Eric Weiner (Christian Science Monitor, 1/7/08)
• Conservative Myths and the Women Who Love Them by Jessica Valenti (The Nation, 1/7/08)
• The imperfect storm by Joan Chittister, OSB (National Catholic Reporter, 1/9/08)