China is trying to destroy Taiwanese politics with a giant barrage of fake news.

*This was the decade America’s self-serving myths fell apart.* Myths such as that the US political and economic system was good for Americans, and was the only model people of other countries could want to adopt.

US citizens: call on Justice Kavanaugh to recuse himself from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau case.

If you sign, please spread the word!

Putin is trying to blame Poland for starting World War II.

I conjecture that Putin wishes to be seen by Russians as heroically strong, so he is trying to promote admiration for Stalin, then identify himself with Stalin. He therefore seeks to bury the fact that Stalin joined Hitler in the conquest of Poland, hiding it under a pile of distracting bullshit.

Elif Shafak: Surrendering to rage can be a pleasure, but not a wise one.

"Anger…is addictive. It must be diluted and counterbalanced with more powerful, positive feelings: empathy, compassion, kindness, sisterhood and love."