Have you ever been through airport security behind somebody with stinky feet? Ever wondered where those feet have been? Ever considered the amount of bacteria that passes through those security gates and how it may affect you. Think about all those bare...

The Russian half can now either be incorporated directly into Russia, or else become the sort of nominally independent state that might as well be. And the other half can keep applying unsuccessfully to be let into NATO, which won’t touch it for...