Advocates of greater regional autonomy in Russia have been arrested and their demonstrations banned.

I think it is proper for wealthier regions to support the development of poorer regions; thus, I disagree with demands for independence from the wealthier regions based on objection to this; for example, in Catalunya because its taxes help poorer parts of Spain.

If Siberia is proportionally richer than other parts of Russia, I would object likewise in Siberia's case. But I don't know whether that is so, and I don't know what Putin is doing with the tax money.

California "Kill Switch" Bill Could Be Used to Disrupt Protests.

Ecuador's foreign minister asks why the Swedish government fails to use the opportunity to question Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy, and thus denies justice both to Assange and to the women who made a complaint against him.

Of course, we can infer the answer easily.

Afghan thugs raided a coffee shop because women and men were allowed to sit and talk there.

Poisonous algae in Lake Erie seem to result from a change in the form of phosphorus used in fertilizer.