Some commenters here have questioned the degree to which folks at PW engage in historical analysis of current events.  And to be fair, history is not a perfect guide, as events rarely repeat themselves exactly. However, for a cautionary tale about how an ignorance of history can combine with prejudice to hysterical results, one need look no further than Garrison Keillor: It’s good for an old liberal like me to

Will Jail Make Paris Even More Popular? Japanese tourists are hopeful. What do you do with a drunken pirate, posted on the MySpace?

Now that she’s been widowed, is Ombudswoman at the Washington Post.  She has some thoughts about rude internet comments. Honestly: does the polloi have to be so hoi?

And everybody’s on the story, but the most instructive place to go, so far, is probably the comments to this Times of London story.

Suppressed by patriarchal strictures in their conservative society, young Saudi women express their desire for liberation from the shackles of puritanical Wahhabist morality by reaching out for appreciation and approval on the web. From MEMRI:

The Witness Protection people told us that they’d set us up with a cool new life, but the “friends” they’ve provided just suck. Have any of you guys got any advice? Related: Sean Pennitentiary