In Barcelona, evicting a 5-year squat which turned a former bank into a community center has provoked rioting.

If the city government can't prevent this eviction (except by paying ransom), then I don't think the city government should be blamed for it. But I do wonder if there is more that it could do, such as to threaten the evicting owner with public criticism and pressure.

Malian Jihadi to Plead Guilty in ICC Cultural Destruction Trial.

I am glad to see progress made in the prosecution of people who desecrate human heritage.

The birth rate for US teenagers has reached a record low, thanks to education and access to birth control.

The rate of abortions has fallen too, since fewer girls get pregnant without intending to have a baby.

The UK says it will investigate the evidence that Salafi Arabia dropped UK cluster bombs on Yemen.

To the UK's credit, it has prohibited the manufacture, sale and use of cluster bombs. In that specific department, there is nothing more it should do. But the UK should not support Salafi Arabia's bombardment of Yemen. If it has to recognize that Salafi Arabia is using old British cluster bombs, it may be forced to stop that support.

A reform agenda for Wall Street that we can try to pressure Clinton toendorse.