Britons rallied to support rejoining the EU.

I predicted that leaving the EU could be beneficial if Corbyn were in charge but would be disastrous with Tories in charge.

Rejoining the EU would be beneficial for Britain if plutocatists such as Tories or Starmer-Labour will be in charge.

Students and parents are organizing to defy Governor DeMentis's school censorship.

Yascha Mounk: *Should we borrow from other cultures? Of course we should, just as we always have.*

The article explains how "cultural appropriation" has been applied to situations in which real wrong was done — but the real wrong was something else, and that concept was an invalid explanation of it.

*Instead of condemning appropriation, we should seek to build a society in which members of every group are valued equally – and all are free to draw inspiration from the cultures of their compatriots.*

To do that is a big challenge; but it will be a little less difficult if we stop thinking that inequality and prejudice can be part of the solution.

See also Kwame Anthony Appiah's brilliant analysis.

Lauren Weinstein: Chinese-style surveillance of everyone, in the UK.

The UK has gone heavily for surveillance. It has tracked all car travel using license-plate recognition cameras since around 15 years ago.

Michigan has raised the minimum age for marriage to 18, protested by Republicans.

This change may be for the better. Marriage is a difficult responsibility, nowadays more than ever.

However, referring to teenagers under 18 as "children" is propaganda for treating them as helpless and "protecting" them from any agency, even in activities and relationships far less difficult than marriage.