In 1648, the Swedish politician and diplomat Count Axel Oxenstierna wrote to his son, "Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?"  Recent events in the United States and elsewhere amply justify the aphorism.  Here are a few of those events. 1. On January 1, 2016, Iran was voted for a three-year term a member of the 41-member executive board of United Nations Women (U.N. Women), a body created in 2010 dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women.  Since the body works for the elimination of discrimination against women, it is not obvious what contribution can be made by Iran, a country where women cannot hold some government positions, where there are no laws against domestic violence, and where adultery is punished by stoning to death.  Iran is certainly familiar from its own experience with handing out punishment for women who expose parts of their body. The Iranian attitude starts at the top.  The...(Read Full Article)