Bahrain makes a practice of torturing prisoners. The UK looks the other way. So does the US.

Let's Not Get It Wrong This Time: The Terrorists Won After 9/11 Because We Chose to Invade Iraq, Shred Our Constitution.

The American Medical Association has called for a ban on direct advertising of pharmaceuticals.

The View from Hell: Fungibility and the Loss of Demandingness.

I don't know how to summarize this one, so I could only quote its title. It is a fascinating idea.

Using technicalities, Australia will claim it has met its commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; never mind that they are actually increasing.