GCHQ's plan to cope with encryption is to crack the computers of those it wishes to spy on. It is trying to sneak around legal limits through a "code of conduct" that doesn't fully reflect them.

I think it is legitimate for spy agencies to crack the computers of legitimate targets in unfriendly countries. I wish they would do that instead of snooping on everyone.

Private debt in many countries is reaching levels that could cause economic crises.

The banksters will take advantage of such crises to grab wealth from the rest of society again.

The Mexican government is accused of trying to impose false certainty about the fate of 43 disappeared students.

The UK Labour party says it will call for international pressure on tax havens that belong to the British crown.

Why it can't directly force them to change is unclear to me.

UK universities are standing up for free speech for Muslims with rigid positions, but they have failed to stand up for free speech for those who criticize Muslims or Islam.

Unlike the writer, I am more concerned with getting them to do the right thing than with recrimination. If they have failed to stand up for free speech, it is not too late for them to start.