The odds of deterring a malfeasant country with fines, however semi-automatic they may appear, are slim.

ECONOMIST: The EU summit

In Asia, especially, many of these officials are also allegedly corrupt or otherwise malfeasant witness a scandal in the Indian Premier League, the boss of which, Lalit Modi, stands accused of overseeing vast tax evasion.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan's cricket scandal

Finally, the public has been horrified by the succession of debacles on the home front as Obama's team of Attorney General Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan seem ever-more inept, if not actually malfeasant.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama vs. the all-volunteer military

Kerry I would probably come out the same way a second time, they have cynically chosen to portray the Bolton nomination fight as something else altogether: Protecting U.S. interests at the UN from someone who has allegedly been known to get angry with incompetents, malfeasant bureaucrats and enemies of this country.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Bush v. Kerry II

He should instruct his subordinates to ensure that all its products reflect his stated objection to global taxes for whatever purpose - taxes that would help make a corrupt and malfeasant UN far less accountable, and far more prone to the sorts of activities that erode our sovereignty and impede our efforts to protect freedom and the people who cherish, and aspire, to it.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Hidden agenda