Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“A school assistant will go on trial in Paris on Tuesday accused of sexual mistreatment of young children in his care. It is the latest case in a year-long scandal that has shaken the school system in the French capital, where some 15,000 such assistants (known as animateurs) are employed as non-teaching staff. Currently enquiries are under way at nearly 100 Paris crèches, kindergartens and junior schools where animateurs have been accused of inappropriate, aggressive or sexualised behaviour. Trials in three other cases are to take place over the summer, and a verdict is due in a fourth which was held earlier this month. More are likely to follow. Last week police detained 16 people after a swoop at three schools in the 7th arrondissement or district. Three people were subsequently charged with sexually inappropriate behaviour to children.” (05/26/26)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8e8gx2d7j4o
Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“My usual explanation for why I call myself a libertarian instead of a liberal is that after the enemies of liberalism stole its name we needed a new one. In a recent Substack post, however, Matthew Yglesias writes that: ‘while some classical liberals have called the Republican Party home, liberalism has largely been a Democratic Party project.’ His view is that ‘liberals’ in the modern American sense, classical liberals and libertarians are all liberals in the same sense. Is he right?” (05/25/26)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/contra-yglesias
Source: Liberal Currents
by Israel Kolawale
“Rebuilding state capacity is not just about saving money or improving efficiency. It is about reclaiming our collective sovereignty.” [editor’s note: Individual sovereignty is the only real sovereignty – TLK] (05/26/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-empty-architect/
Source: Engadget
“Blue Origin can now make more concrete plans for New Glenn’s next flight after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared the rocket for launch. If you’ll recall, the FAA grounded New Glenn after failing to properly put its payload in orbit during its third mission. Now, in a post on X, the aerospace company announced that the agency approved its report for the flight and accepted the corrective measures it implemented. … the FAA revealed that the final report had identified the direct cause of the mishap ‘”as a cryogenic leak that froze a hydraulic line and led to a thrust anomaly during the second-stage engine burn.'” (05/26/26)
https://www.engadget.com/2180875/blue-origin-new-glenn-faa-clearance/
