A six-year-old student intentionally shot his teacher and critically wounded her.

Hamline University in Minnesota has fired a teacher for showing, in a class on the history of Islam, an old Persian painting of Mohammad. It was made by Muslims as a religious object.

The article reports that in Persia, and in Persian-influenced Turkey and India, there is an old Muslim tradition of paintings of human beings including Mohammad.

Catering to the most conservative Muslim views, which are those spread by Salafi Arabia since 2001, has become the requirement exacted by the most fanatical devotees of tiptoe culture. The university president actually asserted that this demand overrides academic freedom.

A teacher must not insult students — to do so goes against the needs of the job. However, this must be interpreted using society's general concept of what it means to insult anyone. Students are not entitled to demand that a teacher, when dealing with them, avoid doing whatever they may call "insult".

The university owes the teacher who was fired an apology, restoration of duties, pay for the period of work that perse lost, and some punitive damages. And above all it must recognize that students cannot eliminate academic freedom but shouting, "Offensive! That harms us!"

Ralph Nader's advice to progressive congresscritters for how to champion progressive policies effectively.

The NHS now directs patients who have money to pay to get a "private clinic" appointment sooner at the same place.

The NHS used to provide medical care for nearly everyone in Britain. Under Tory power, it has become a provider of lousy care for the people that the state considers unimportant.

*When state services fail, citizens pay extra or sink. This is Sunak’s Britain now.*

Greg Palast reports on evidence about the Jan 6 insurrection that was not followed up, or not collected. Why didn't the state identify every rioter and search their cell phones?

It is especially disturbing (though not surprising) that some capitol thugs showed their support to the insurrectionists, before the actual insurrection.