Saboteur Sessions defended splitting refugee families by citing the same bible verses that were usually cited in the 19th century to justify slavery. His supporters love it, because they have more or less shut off their consciences and dehumanized scapegoats and opposition.

Raising a multilingual child requires knowing what to do, but it is a great help to per future.

I sure wish I could have learned French and Spanish as a child rather than having to study them as an adult.

If you've already had a child (since especially today it is better to avoid that), and you speak a language other than the principal one used where you live, give per the best. Give per your other language.

For "smart", read "sabotage". Computerized appliances can be used for harassment and gaslighting by a lover or ex-lover. Since men generally know more about using these devices than women, it tend to be men that do this to women.

This special case of wrongdoing does not depend on the device itself to be malicious (although the same devices probably do spy, and may be vulnerable to sabotage by the manufacturer).

Assad is attacking Syrian Arab rebels, and the US has told them it will not intervene.

This might be better than intervening to keep the fighting going. These rebels are not particularly deserving of support.

17 years after the US conquest of Afghanistan, and some 15 years after the Taliban began fighting effectively, it is clear that the US has no way ever to win this war.

I've been saying so for many years.

The only way to have peace in Afghanistan is for the US to let the Taliban win.