It's quite hard to get reliable numbers, but if those are accurate it's significant in that major priests have happened in more than 70 cities, and so the regime is not trying to disperse p… (View Post)

I find that attitude towards other people's children quite maddening. They clearly have no idea what children are like, no interest in children, and no compassion at all. And really if they'… (View Post)

Democracy is that everyone gets to have a say, but not that everyone is listened to. I don't see it as a problem that civil society groups object to government reforms. I would expect government… (View Post)

Yes, we shouldn't get overexcited. And yet the news from Iran is encouraging. Apparently the bazaar owners have been an important agent of change in Iran in the past - in the Islamic revolution … (View Post)

Last night Ukrainian drones hit the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in Samara oblast, the second Russian oil refinery to be hit in 2026. This refinery has a capacity of 7.9 million tons, ~2.5% of total … (View Post)