UK thugs are more reasonable than US thugs and prosecutors in dealing with sexting.

It should not be a crime at all to send people sexual photos of yourself, but perhaps it should be a crime to pressure (or coerce) anyone else to do so.

However, what we most need to do in this area is to teach other adolescents to stop condemning the adolescents that do this.

A meta-analysis finds that family income is closely associated with a child's successful cognitive, social, educational and physical development.

This confirms what we already know: growing up in poverty tends to handicap a child for life. It is a moral responsibility to make laws that ensure no child grows up in poverty. If we want to "leave no child behind", forget high-pressure testing and give schools and families adequate support.

Some New Age superstitions kill people who choose them instead of effective medicine.

Don't fill your mind with newage (rhymes with "sewage").

Caste Hindus believe Dalits are supposed to be ignorant, and that they should be forbidden to learn Sanskrit. When Dalits insist on studying Sanskrit, they face cruelty from their classmates and teachers.

British American Tobacco and other companies are trying to stop many African countries from adopting US-style regulations on tobacco use and sale.

The company says it is in favor of regulating tobacco, just not in ways that might reduce the use of tobacco.

Tobacco addiction has decreased greatly in the wealthy countries which have taken steps to reduce it, but world-wide tobacco use is increasing as the companies steamroll public health campaigns in poor countries.