Just looking around the web today, I found some interesting stories that deal with various facets of what is known as political correctness, the mindset which demands that being non-offensive (usually depending on the identity of whom you might offend) overrides most other concerns. These and other things going on out there include:
From NPR, The Simpsons don't seem to care much about criticism of the Apu character.
From Fox News, Facebook reconsiders the "unsafe" tag they gave to Diamond and Silk.
From Investor's Business Daily, the alleged gender pay gap is small compared to some other gaps. (via Independent Women's Forum)
From NewsBusters, a late-night TV host mocks pro-life Christians.
From Gatestone Institute, "Europe's civilizational tiredness".
From Philly(dot)com, why it matters that Delaware County, PA Democrats aren't endorsing anyone for PA-5 in the House.
From Voice Of Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's coalition wins a 2/3 majority in the Hungarian parliament.
From Russia Today, Orban's win shows a growing amount of anti-E.U. feeling.
From the Express, Orban's win delivers a blow to the E.U.
From Politico, the E.U. wants "concrete measures" from Poland in their judiciary dispute.
From Breitbart's Big Government, how Facebook has punished Voice Of Europe.
From El País, the release of former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont could cause a rift between Spain and Germany.
From Asian Image, £59,000 has been raised to build a mosque on the island of Lewis in Scotland.
From Deutsche Welle, a French policewoman is one of six people detained in France over the 2016 murder of two police officers.
From Sputnik International, French police reportedly used tear gas against squatters in Notre-Dame-des-Landes.
From the Daily Mail, a British minister offers help to Libya in dealing with illegal immigration.
From CAJ News, over 800 migrants trying to reach Europe this year have died or gone missing. (The story uses the term "irregular migrants", and comes via All Africa.)
From Breitbart London, police in London have killed a man claiming to have a weapon.
From National Review, politicians in London "do a u-turn on stop-and-search".
From the NL Times, Dutch politician Geert Wilders wants to deny voting rights to people with dual nationality.
From The Local IT, as Italian rightwing parties prepare for more talks, they put up a "united front".
From Sky News, one of the ISIS "Beatles" has a problem with parking laws but not with slavery.
From The Express Tribune, the U.N. recommends that Pakistan decriminalizes consensual sex.
From OPIndia, according to some people, winking is un-Islamic.
From The Asahi Shimbun, the man who masterminded the suicide bombings at a Jakarta bus terminal gets a nine-year sentence.
From American Thinker, "Islam and secularism in France".
From FrontpageMag, three things which President Obama did to cause the disaster in Syria.
From Townhall, President Trump and Korean dictator Kim tentatively set a date.
From FaithZette, China bans the Bible online.
From the New York Post, the FBI raid's the offices of Trump's lawyer, and congratulations, Senator, it's a girl.
From WVNS TV, a woman accused of cutting a man's head off is given a competency hearing.
From The Verge, Apple claims to be fully powered by clean energy, in a manner of speaking.
From the Milwaukee Record, what they're hoping to hear from Weird Al.
And from Variety, for the second time, Lindsey Buckingham leaves Fleetwood Mac.
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