Acceptance of other ethnic groups and their religions must never include acceptance of their traditions of oppression.

I agree with the author about this issue, but I think he is making a mistake by claiming that "progressive liberals" take the other side. Some do, but I call myself "progressive" and "liberal", and I don't.

Confronting PISSI does not call for revenge, or destructive gestures, or cruelty. It calls for a strategy.

Anxiety to Defeat [PISSI] Must Not Dictate the West's Military Strategy.

In the UK, talking to your bank over the internet is unsafe, because if someone steals your password and uses it to take your money, the bank holds you responsible.

Does anyone know whether the situation is the same in the US?

The UK's housing problem comes from allowing the rich to make homes into investments. Even some conservatives see this.

The conservatives' proposed solution is unnecessarily nationalist. Increasing taxes on large houses and apartments, especially those that are no one's primary residence, would do the same job without discriminating against anyone. That would also encourage foreigners to sell the real estate investments they have already bought.

The WTO decided that protecting dolphins by allowing tuna cans to carry a "dolphin-safe" label is a forbidden "obstacle to trade".

This stems from the wrong fundamental values of the WTO, which place business profit above everything important.

The TPP would further strengthen the power of businesses to attack measures to protect the environment. We need to abolish all the existing business-supremacy treaties, but we are still on the defensive. First we need to block the TPP, the TTIP, and the TISA.

If you have not done so, I urge you to contact your elected officials to call for rejection of the TPP. We must not put democracy in a trance.