The worst flood in over a decade has killed more than 1130 people and affected 33 million citizens. Assisted by the UN Secretary General, the Pakistani government has found the culprit already: Western fossil fuel consumption.

Polling shows a strong advantage for a “No” vote on Boric’s proposed constitutional change.

Euro zone inflation, which peaked at 9.1% in August, has reached its highest point since the introduction of the euro in 1999. Amidst fears of entrenchment, the ECB is preparing a major hike in interest rates that may also slow down the economy.

In the arena of the culture war, ideas become political brands, stitched into the terrible body of the news cycle, until they share in that sickly bloodstream. Instead of building civic participation, they get their oxygen from media attention.

While distinguishing between good and bad taste undoubtedly smells like an elitist activity, the conditions that Hume attaches to it do not, at first glance, seem to be.