Israel's new "anti-terrorism" law will criminalize wearing a t-shirt or chanting a slogan as "terrorism".

"A stone-throwing Arab will become a terrorist, while a stone-throwing ultra-Orthodox Jew will not."

This law includes some of the injustices applied in the US, such as prosecuting humanitarian charities despite their making every careful attempt to comply with US laws.

The law also perversely defines fighting the army of occupation as "terrorism".

Americans, do you think the Minutemen were "terrorists"?

The FARC and the Colombian government have agreed on a cease-fire.

The FARC started out as a left-wing rebellion after the assassination of a presidential candidate showed that the elite-controlled system would never allow itself to be replaced by mere voting. However, they degenerated over the decades into a criminal gang.

Colombia's even nastier criminal gang, the paramilitares, is tightly associated with the government. It will not be so easily convinced to stop its violence.

Hillary Clinton’s Likely Pentagon Chief Already Advocating for More Bombing and Intervention.

Imposing a "no-fly" zone in Syria would mean a direct confrontation with Russia.

The only party in Syria that is not monstrous is that of the Kurds. But Arabs tend to distrust them, so they directly can't become a government of Syria. For the rest, there is no one to support.

Cleveland's strict restrictions on protests near the Republican Convention prohibit anything people could stand on, but allow guns.

This is what the ACLU has sued about.

Canada has a law requiring any online service to give you whatever data it has about you.

This is a good law, in that it helps users find out how much they are being snooped on. But it is not enough. Important services must be required to offer you a mode that doesn't surveil or track you. For instance, Guber must allow people to request a ride anonymously and pay anonymously.