Although Rouhani refused to talk with Obama at the UN, his speech was a move towards future negotiation, which will begin between foreign ministers.

UK border thugs interrogated a Yemeni human rights activist who was coming to give a speech at a conference. This is apparently because he helps to represent victims of drone attacks.

The supposed reason for the interrogation was suspicion of terrorism, but what they actually asked him about were the plans of the British human rights organization Reprieve that he works for. This is prima facie evidence that the UK government dishonestly abuses this power.

The Israeli army destroyed a Bedouin camp; previously it had destroyed the village that they lived in before 1967.

In negotiations about chemical weapons in Syria and possible future Iranian nuclear weapons, the US must recognize chemical weapons in Israel and Egypt, and real Israeli nuclear weapons.

Some shoppers waiting in checkout lines are so absorbed with smartphones that they become resistant to manipulation aimed at provoking impulse buying.

The article insults our intelligence by pretending that we are all suckers both for marketing and for portable phones. I don't know about you, but I resist them both pretty well. Nonetheless, I linked to the article because it has an interesting point about advertising.

Let's pass laws to ban retail stores (and hotels) from using computers from using sensors to recognize anything about their customers except that they are shoplifting, and from interfering in any way with communication to their computers. There is no reason these companies should be allowed to do whatever they wish to people.