US citizens: call on the EPA to close the loopholes in its Risk Management Plan for preventing accidents in chemical plants.

Chemical and radioactive contamination at George Air Force Base makes the military personnel gravely ill and causes birth defects for their children.

Hillary's Dance: The Two-Faced Hypocritical 12-Step.

A new Libyan government has been set up, mainly by foreigners. Some Libyan factions have joined it but others are reluctant. The talk about "security help" suggests that it is a vehicle for intervention, as is the government of Somalia.

I won't say that this is necessarily a bad thing, if it works. Libya is in horrible shape, due to previous US and European help. But this help could go wrong, too.

How Technology Helps Creditors Control Debtors, and denies ordinary people the possibility of owning things. I think many of these practices ought to be prohibited by law. Not only because they work for the rich while restricting the liberty of the poor, but because they give publishers too much power.