*Britain has plenty of cash to bail out big business, yet nothing for the poorest.*

Tories work for the rich; naturally they do this.

*Phil Spector defined the toxic music svengali — a figure that persists today.*

I have to believe the accounts women give of how the men they loved imprison them. They sound like horrible pain. But I see nothing like this in my life experience. Are many of the women I meet being treated secretly like that, and forced to hide it?

The US and its allies confront Russia and its tantalizing supply of natural gas.

I think I see what ought to be done: instead of building the new pipeline, start a Marshall Carbon Plan to decarbonize Germany on the double, and help it get past the period of shortage before that is finished.

The outcome will be a loss for Russia, but a victory for civilization.

*US defense officials fear insider attack on Biden inauguration.*

This fear is justified by the participation of military personnel in the coup attempt.

*The Capitol riot wasn't a fringe 'uprising'. It was enabled by very deep pockets.*

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/18/the-capitol-riot-wasnt-a-fringe-uprising-it-was-enabled-by-very-deep-pockets

I can't rule out that billionaires would welcome the chaos of the assassination of the new president and vice president. But even if they don't, what they started may be beyond their control.

*Uighur campaigners to target 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics sponsors.*