Most election spending this year in the US is "outside" funds, often from hidden sources.

The main driver of the Internet of Stings may be to help insurance companies control people.

The article has the artificially light tone which, in today's mainstream media, is the obligatory substitute for standing for people's rights. But it ends by identifying a series of technologies that contribute to oppressive surveillance: portable phones, activity trackers, "smart watches", Internet of Stings, and cars.

I don't own any of those, and I don't tolerate them in my home or my office.

Children need to spend lots of time playing with other children, with no adults to interfere, in order to develop personal and social strengths. Today's controlling treatment by parents denies them this opportunity.

This article made me realize something about myself. I find myself at a loss for what to say to children, because I am disinclined to speak to them in the way adults usually do. The article says that the usual discourse of adult Americans towards children is dishonest and phony. I think a vague perception of that is what makes me reluctant to do it.

Diesel engines may be banned from UK cities to reduce pollution there.

The manufacturers lied to the public, including the purchasers of these cars. Will they have to compensate those victims for the costs of replacing these cars with non-diesels so they can drive into cities again?

Two Moroccan girls face criminal charges for kissing each other.

Sometimes it's Moroccan, but right now it is less rockin'.