Zimbabwean oppositionists are hiding, fearing violent attacks and even murder by uniformed thugs and soldiers.

Those who want us to believe that government inherently can't do anything right (and do their damndest to make sure it doesn't) want to privatize some government functions, such as the TSA and air traffic control.

Privatization would lead to paying low wages and getting lower-quality staff with less training. It would also lead to situations where your local air traffic control company suddenly goes bankrupt due to internal mismanagement, so your airport is shut for weeks till new contracts are negotiated.

A Polish right-wing extremist is on trial for an arson attack in Ukraine against a Hungarian community center. It was made to appear that Ukrainian nationalist extremists had done it.

The Polish arsonist says he was paid by a German right-wing extremist who serves Russian interests in several other ways.

Urbanization in Africa is leading many women to have fewer children. Some argue that this might enable the human population to peak at a only 8 or 9 billion.

That is a theory, not a certainty, so let's not take that for granted! We must not count our non-chickens before they don't hatch.

If that theory is basically valid, campaigns for birth control will be very important since they could lower that peak.

Whatever happens to the global population, _you_ can make your life easier, and contribute a lot more to the world, if you avoid reproducing.

As a Chinese company, Huawei is required to spy for China.