It appears that civilians in PISSI-held territory in Syria were killed by a gas attack, perhaps sarin.

The Pentagon reports intentionally bombing a building in an Iraqi hospital, saying that PISSI fighters were firing from it.

If this is what really took place, it might have been justified. To find out what really took place, we need another Chelsea Manning.

A small quantity of fentanyl can be an overdose, and due to prohibition of opioids, it is being included in varying concentrations in pills labeled as other opioids.

A new treatment for opioid addiction is on the way.

Obama proposed measures to punish US companies that moved jobs out of the US. Republicans defeated them.

Obama also proposed foolish measures to "reward" companies for not doing so. Imagine offering each millionaire a government subsidy for each day he didn't do some antisocial thing.

Why is it that our government tries to influence the poor by punishing them, and to influence the rich by making them richer?

Russia and Syria, encouraged by the example of Guantanamo and CIA torture, have overturned the Geneva conventions. They have established that no atrocity is beneath them.

I am not convinced that a victorious Assad would make Syria into an "Iranian-led Shia protectorate". (Assad would surely continue a friendly relationship with Iran, but that's not the same thing.) But if it does, I don't see that it would be as bad for the world as Salafi Arabia already is.

Nonetheless, I agree with the article overall. The US must stop its imprisonment without trial.