The coup-installed government in Bolivia threatened to arrest political opponents.

Indeed, it is threatening the Mexican embassy which has given asylum to legislators in Morales's party.

100,000 people protested in Hyderabad against the discriminatory citizenship law, which combined with the register of citizens amounts to an excuse to expel Muslims who lack documentation about their parents' citizenship before 1970 or so.

The population of the new "territory" of Jammu and Kashmir is 12 million people. 7 million are still cut off from the internet. Those organizations allowed to connect face strict censorship.

The lunatic in chief used a drone to assassinate an Iranian general, Qassem Suleimani, who was visiting Iraq. That is an overt act of war against Iran, and Iraq too for that matter.

The lunatic's supporters are cheering at the possibility of outright war. Others forecast that Iran will instead respond in a way that will hurt the US without being an overt act of war.

Iran may not need to move a muscle. Recently masses of Iraqis were protesting against the officials that are friendly with Iran. That was working against Iran's interests in the region, in a way that could have strengthened US interests there at no cost to the US.

What the lunatic just did could reverse that dynamic. Suleimani's death could strengthen the resolve of Iranians and Iraqis that oppose the US and are allied with Iran.

A big part of the motivation for banning alcohol in the US was to reduce violence against women.

Prohibiting alcohol was oppressive and boosted organized crime, just as prohibition of other drugs is today. As a cure, it is worse than the disease. But use of more than a little alcohol is still a big problem. Prohibition is not the answer, but I am in favor of exploring ways to eliminate the social pressures to drink to excess.