Putin invited the Syrian Kurds to open an office in Moscow. I regard this as good news. I hope this means Russian planes will not bomb them.

The "wise", "realistic" people who say passionate movements can't achieve big changes for the good have it 100% backwards.

Making things worse can be done working behind the scenes. That's the way lobbyists work. But if you want to make things better, you can't do it with their methods. You must rouse people. You must demand justice, and full solutions to big problems.

That doesn't mean it is easy to win. But at least that way you can make it a real fight.

I think Clinton realizes this. She is not interested in changing very much, so she can denigrate the methods by which that could be done.

Here are 7 groups of Americans who have been beaten down. Government policy should be designed to help them.

Enacting Sanders Agenda Would Catapult Economy, Shatter Inequality.

Ever since 2001, the US army has kept on fighting wars, and despite its military power, it has never really won any of these wars.

I'd say this is because politicians have directed it into fights that are unjustified and foolish.

New Hampshire plans to charge drug dealers with murder when someone dies from an overdose or contamination.

This won't deter anyone from selling drugs, and won't avoid overdoses. It is just a way to look tough.

Dangerous drugs are used all around the world. Perhaps the laws and medical systems of some other countries make overdoses less likely, or less likely to be fatal.

Giving addicts a legal way to get a fix, with assured strength and no toxic additives, could really prevent these problems from happening. A better medical system might avoid deaths in some cases. Deaths from guns, cars and drugs are significant causes of death for US males, reducing life expectancy by a whole year, compared with some other countries.