Foreign Policy: How Mexico Mastered Multilateralism : NPR

The general absence of heads of state at Cancun may have also helped.
...In this way, the Mexicans effectively brought the negotiations back to the level of ministers and national bureaucracies.

John Stossel - Why Do People Believe in Fantasies?

We human beings sure are gullible. Polls report that 27 percent of Americans believe in ghosts, and 25 percent in astrology. Others believe mediums, fortunetellers, faith healers and assorted magical phenomena.
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Whether you believe in God -- or psychics, or global warming -- that's your business. I may think you're stupid, but if you waste your money on, say, a "strength" bracelet, you only harm yourself.

But being gullible about government hurts everyone. Government is force. When it sells us bunk, we have to pay even if we don't believe in or want it. If we don't pay up, men with guns will make sure we do.

It's good to be skeptical. It's really good to be skeptical about government.