Yet in the case of government funding (such as BBC), the press is freer, better, and more critical of the government. Providing funding to a free press ensures the survival of the press. The private model we have in the US is all about attracting advertisers and not offending them. Subscriptions are irrelevant except as demographics for ad pricing. News has little to do with it. Public support is the ONLY option for a free press that represents the people rather than the government, the advertiser, the corporate interest that owns the outlet, etc.

If they served strawberries or shrimp on planes, yes. But all we get is a bag of salted peanuts in hope we will spend $5 on a drink. Allergies that can kill are no joking matter, and a nut free zone might be a better solution to the problem than having to divert a plane because someone went into anaphylactic shock...

People speak Nahua every day. There are surviving speakers, and languages such as O'Odham and Hopi are in the same family. Heck, there is a restaurant chain in the US that uses Nahua in their name, "Taco Bell."

The battle of the Alamo occurred in Mexico. The problem was that the Mexican government manumitted the slaves of US citizens who happened to be living in Mexico, and the US went to war to protect the rights of slave owners living abroad. So in this case, the laws of the USA are enforced everywhere...

If you read the link (you should always do this, do you just trust all sources on the net? If you do, boy oh boy have I got some links for you), you can see it is a link to a TED talk, thus a video. No need to complain about your own poor clicking habits.