*Balls, gowns, marriage pressures. Jane Austen was basically Pakistani.*

This article helped me to truly feel the oppressiveness of woman's social role in Britain in the 1800s, and in Pakistan today.

*Six of 43 missing Mexican students were kept alive in warehouse for days.*

Then executed by the army.

The affidavit released by the FBI shows why some of the bullshitter's supposed excuses are irrelevant,

It also shows the broadness of the Espionage Act, and why it threatens whistleblowers and the public's right to know.

*Desperate times need radical solutions. Even Churchill [a Tory] knew when it was time to tax the rich.*

The EU will not ban Russian tourists; rather, it will make getting tourist visas more effort for them, as a message.

This seems like good decision. It will avoid the closure that an outright ban would have caused.