Where suicide is criminalized, the effect is to deter people from seeking therapy if they are thinking about suicide.

*Hong Kong police raid Tiananmen massacre museum.*

China suppresses any attempt to talk about the huge protest and the subsequent massacre at Shā Xuésheng Mén (Kill Students Gate).

*France to give free access to contraception for women aged up to 25.*

This should be the case in every country; for poor countries, the world's rich should pay the cost.

Designating armed rebel groups as "terrorist" does not magically defeat them, but it gets in the way of making peace with them.

The UK is about to follow Australia in towing boats of unauthorized immigrants back to France.

The UK does have a legitimate argument for saying, "If you'd like asylum, ask France. You're already there."