Some things never go out of style. Iranian fashion police, from WSJ via Gawker: “It doesn’t take Henry Kissinger to figure out that an attack on fine Italian made-to-measure is an attack on everything we as a civilization hold dear. The time to act is now.”

Please note that the centrality of neckties as barometers of democracy yearning, first seen in Lerner, remains key. For that reason, DP should perhaps consider a redesign of the website theme.

For another eerily Balgat-reminiscent democratic piece: Ruling Party Charms a Turkish City With New Take on Secular Heritage