In 1960, the UK framed Stephen Ward so he couldn't say that a minister had lied to Parliament. The trial was "a charade, presided over by a judge committed to a conviction." It was characterized by "manipulation of the trial by the lord chief justice."

The UK has not got any more honest. It is now doing something comparable to Julian Assange.

Bogus Johnson wants to politicize the selection of judges in the UK and limit their ability to overturn decisions of government agencies.

In effect, the UK has evolved something comparable to the explicit "checks and balances" of the US Constitution, and Bogus wants to weaken it so he can do whatever he wishes.

A TV show in Pakistan showed an extramarital affair — unusually, involving a wife rather than a husband. The producer and actors are accused in court of misogyny, putting freedom of expression in danger.

I reject the assumption that monogamy is morally imperative. I refuse to use the words "cheating" and "unfaithful" to describe sex, or romantic love, in conflict with monogamy. I think people should be monogamous if they wish, and not if they don't. When I love a woman, I do not ask her to be monogamous, because I do not think of her as my possession. I simply wish for her to join me in keeping our love going well.

The article refers an the end to the violence in Tom and Jerry cartoons. Americans a few decades ago began to question whether it was a good thing to enjoy that violence. I read that point, and it made me aware of the pain that the violence depicted would cause in reality. I began to identify with the character suffering the violence. I am grateful to those who wrote about this.

But it must not be a crime to show violence in cartoons.

*A humanitarian crisis looms in Africa unless we act fast to stop the desert locust.*

Sanders got the most votes in New Hampshire Democratic primary, but two corporate Democrats were close behind.