Trudeau says that Canada's arms sale to Salafi Arabia includes a prohibition on explaining why cancelling it would be difficult.

If that is true, it is an additional reason why it is Trudeau's duty to cancel the deal.

UK banks are closing the accounts of thousands of individuals, and refuse to tell them why.

The UK plans to sell more fighter planes to Salafi Arabia.

Bombing al-Shabaab is killing lots of its fighters, but is not hampering its ability to fight.

It is typical for guerrilla groups that killing many of their fighters has no effect, because they can easily get as many as they want. In the past this was usually because they were successful only based on popular support. In the case of al-Shabaab, it seems to be due to conscription.

If the people in the areas they rule get fed up with al-Shabaab's high taxes and conscription, they might be willing to support the government.

Young men are now subject to commercially-stimulated distaste for their bodies, much as women have been for a long time.

I once heard two women conversing about a TV personality (they said a name I did not recognize). One of them was rebuking her for making no attempt to obey fashion. It came to me only later that I should have spoken up and praised her for resisting the power of the fashion industry.