Hardworking, honest citizens chafe at corrupt officials who treat them with contempt and get rich quick.

ECONOMIST: China

To be sure, such transnationalists profess to find support for their desire to morph our statutes and rulings, so as to conform them to the international "norms" and judicial rulings with which they are at odds, by citing the very founders whose handiwork and clear purpose they treat with such contempt.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

The Coens treat this emblematic figure of thirties culture with merciless contempt.

NEWYORKER: Barton Fink

"On the eve of a contempt hearing, the FDA has once again come up with an excuse to treat the approval of contraceptives differently from any other drug, " said Nancy Northup, the group's chief executive.

WSJ: FDA Keeps Limits on Other 'Plan B' Contraceptive