Italy Is in Trouble. Here’s Why the World Should Care. - The New York Times

We are all going to drown in a pasta bowl.

Spain to beat Japan in world life expectancy league table for 2040 | World news | The Guardian

Good stuff.

U.S. Student, Barred From Israel Over Boycott, Goes to Court - The New York Times

It remains grievously embarrassing that the United States continues to fawn all over this country when it acts like this. This is not a country that I would ever want to support when it acts like this.