There are days when the news seems to be throwing stories together, as if making its own statement about what’s happening in the world. Here are a few things we noticed.

A. Activist/Artist Ai Weiwei was detained by the Chinese government allegedly for an online campaign calling for protests similar to those in the Middle East and Africa. But he is being charged for economic crimes—tax-related charges are usually what the Chinese government claims when detaining an artist, activist or any outspoken personality. Though China has continually denied that Ai Weiwei’s detention had anything to do with freedom of speech. Except it does make you wonder why a close friend of Ai and vocal opponent of the government has also been detained.

In Shanghai though, a dream is being built. Disneyland has just celebrated their groundbreaking with a big show, in the way that only Disney knows how. China may not like artists telling the truth, but there are 330 million people who will soon be a mere 3 hours away from Mickey Mouse.

B.
Charlie Sheen is currently on tour. I guess he hopes that losing his job will go the same way that Conan O’Brien’s did. Except that I don’t think Charlie Sheen has the same skill or writing staff that Conan did. He bombed in Detroit, but seemed to recover soon after. Though that people are actually buying tickets to see him does make you wonder.

There was so much focus on Charlie Sheen, on how his habits were reckless tenets of youth that he never let go of. An entertainment writer, emphasizing how so much focus is on the plight of Lindsay Lohan even Demi Lovato, but not on male child stars wonders how working so closely with someone who is obviously a train wreck doesn’t scar him for life.

C.

The Supreme Court of Arkansas may be giving people whiplash. A state law banning gay couples from adopting has been stricken even if it is still impossible to get married if you’re involved in a same-sex relationship. Interestingly enough, the Supreme Court of Arkansas felt that it was a matter of privacy that rendered this state law as unacceptable.

In Mississippi however, 46% of its Republicans believe that interracial marriages should be banned. In the same way, they want Gov. Haley Barbour to be President too. In the most conservative state in the country, I guess we shouldn’t be surprised.

So what do you think? What does this all say about what’s happening in the world? Oh and breaking news, the parties just decided on a stopgap agreement.