As Western Christians, or at least people in the West, celebrate Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday or Pączki Day (for those of us with Polish roots), here are some things going on:
From National Review, why Senator Socialism's praise of communist dictator Fidel Castro matters.
From FrontpageMag, President Trump's appointed acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is under attack.
From Townhall, immigrating to the U.S. then and now.
From The Washington Free Beacon, pro-abortion groups spend millions of dollars to oust the last few remaining pro-life Democrats in Congress.
From the Washington Examiner, President Trump blasts Democrats for their friendly relationships with Harvey Weinstein.
From The Federalist, don't count Senator Socialism (I-VT) out.
From American Thinker, how did former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg get so rich?
From CNS News, Trump is criticized for requesting $2.5 billion to deal with the coronavirus.
From LifeZette, the South Carolina Democratic primary might be the last chance to stop Senator Socialism.
From NewsBusters, Trump "blasts" CNN reporter Jim Acousta.
From Canada Free Press, "feel the Bern" before it berns down all of America.
From CBC News, despite the arrests of some protesters blockading a railroad, protests supporting Wet'suwet'en chiefs spread across Canada.
From Global News, protests continue at the Port of Vancouver.
From CTV News, a train runs through the recently blockaded Ontario township of Tyendinaga.
From TeleSUR, the country which once hosted Soviet nuclear missiles claims to want a world without any nuclear weapons.
From Morocco World News, the leader of the Polisario Front continues to threaten war against Morocco.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Ankara goes on alert as a plane from Tehran is diverted to Esenboğa Airport due to coronavirus suspicions.
From Turkish Minute, prosecutors in Ankara launch an investigation into a slide show by the Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party including pictures of the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
From Rûdaw, rumors of fuel shortages cause traffic panic in Iraqi Kurdistan.
From In-Cyprus, Cyprus and France hold a joint search and rescue exercise.
From The Syrian Observer, an economics professor is detained for allegedly criticizing an official of Syria's Baath Party. (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)
From Arutz Sheva, the Israeli party Yamina criticizes Blue and White leader Benny Gantz for wanting "a dictatorship of the High Court".
From The Times Of Israel, due to fears of the coronavirus, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu stops shaking hands.
From The Jerusalem Post, how having the name "Corona" affects businesses in Israel.
From YNetNews, how did Western media become useful idiots for Gaza's terrorists?
From the Egypt Independent, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dies at age 92.
From Egypt Today, restoration work at the pyramid of Djoser is completed.
From StepFeed, a photo showing how a magnetic field arranges iron filings looks familiar to Muslims.
From The New Arab, according to one writer, Mubarak was "the godfather of Egypt's corrupt police state".
From Radio Farda, while President Rouhani talks about enemy plots, the coronavirus reaches Iran's political elite.
From IranWire, should Iran respond to the coronavirus with quarantines or public prayers?
From Dawn, the provincial government of Punjab decides against extending the bail of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Christian Aasia Bibi plans to meet with French President Macron to seek asylum in France.
From Pakistan Today, Qatar invites Pakistan to attend the signing of the U.S.-Taliban peace deal.
From Khaama Press, Afghanistan's attorney general's office investigates dozens of people for alleged "insulting" comments on Facebook. (Again I ask, what is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)
From The Hans India, amid riots in Delhi, all police stations in the Indian state of West Bengal are put on alert.
From the Hindustan Times, a Maoist from the Indian state of Chhattisgarh surrenders to police.
From ANI, over 30 people are arrested over a protest against India's Citizenship Act in Mumbai.
From India Today, 13 people die as violence erupts in Delhi, India.
From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls for more pressure on Myanmar to repatriate displaced Rohingyas.
From the Daily Mirror, two extremist Islamic preachers visited Sri Lanka after the Easter Sunday terror attacks.
From the Colombo Page, according to Sri Lanka's defense secretary, a few Tamil politicians still believe in the separatist ideology of the Tamil Tigers.
From The Jakarta Post, an Iranian naval ship arrives in Jakarta.
From The Straits Times, Singapore bans visitors from parts of South Korean due to the coronavirus.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia will send a second mission to Wuhan, China to evacuate Malaysians stranded there.
From Free Malaysia Today, politicians should step back and take a good look at the people whom they're supposed to serve. (While the article is about Malaysian politicians, I would say that the advice might be relevant in any country that claims to be democratic.)
From The Mainichi, Japan considers upgrading its "gliding" missiles for use in defending its remote islands.
From Gatestone Institute, are Turkish Cypriots getting tired of the Turkish government in Ankara?
From The Stream, the most important politically relevant passage in the Bible.
From Human Progress, Senator Socialism is wrong about health care and education in Cuba.
From Accuracy in Media, a writer for The Washington Post urges the media to abandon "neutrality" in reporting about President Trump.
From The Daily Signal, according to the sheriff of a border county, Americans don't know how much law enforcement cares.
From the eponymous blog of Tim Gamble, today's updates on the coronavirus.
And from The Peedmont, after tasting a disgusting Pilsner beer, a brewery customer can't get himself to order anything else.
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