Poor children in San Jose, who are a large fraction of the city, say, "My mom won’t let me get a [library] card because she doesn’t want fines."

I wonder why they so often return books late. I suspect that children in poverty face simple practical obstacles to returning books on time, and I wonder if there are practical solutions. For instance, could a system for them to return library books through their school help?

Trump probably won't be elected president, but he has convinced most Americans to ban Muslims from visiting the US.

In principle, it would make sense to exclude people with fervent Muslim or Christian or Orthodox Jewish views, since they are likely to promote repressive policies towards women if they become powerful enough here. However, it is too late, since there are so many of those people (especially Christians) in the US already. It would have been necessary to enact the policy around 1615.

The worse contract for most NHS doctors is especially hard for women and is likely to drive them out of medicine.

The MPAA opposes a ban on revenge porn in the name of freedom of speech.

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