old topics again

Today's top story on the BBC is Turkey and the EU. I promised to stick to just the top story each day, even if the story is not new. This story is not new, and the land rent angle was discussed here.

And yesterday's tragic news of the old people who died on a boat trip is one more example of why our governments are wrong to focus on terrorism. A few days ago, twenty-something people died in bomb blasts in Bali. A few days later, twenty-something people died on a boating accident. Both events are tragic, but neither one justifies spending billions and wrecking economies and human rights.