The many-decade project to eradicate polio is being thwarted by anarchy at the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

I suspect that the other zone where polio remains endemic, Nigeria, is related to Boko Haram.

The bully has forced out Kirstjen Nielsen as head of the Department of Hatred and Suffering. It seems that she was unwilling to totally disregard federal law.

Alcoholic beverage companies are secretly recruiting Instagram influencers to show themselves drinking alcohol.

This is similar to the "product placement" in movies and TV that many kinds of companies pay for. In general I find it sleazy.

If you didn't let those shallow people influence you via Instagram. could Instagram continue to exist? Let's try it and see!

Racist fascists have taken over soccer in Italy to the point where they intimidate even the most admired teams.

Thoughtful advice for parents of teenagers that are in love, to help them be helpful instead of dogmatic or jealous.

Alas, the foolish fashion of using "them" to refer to a single person makes one sentence so ambiguous that I don't feel confident I know what meaning is intended.