California has limited solitary confinement in prisons, but it is still done in jails, where many of the inmates have not been convicted of a crime. Sometimes it is done "for their protection".

In Russia, everything about the Soviet Union is being sentimentalized, even prison camps and executions.

Deforestation "May Have Started West Africa's Ebola Outbreak".

The European Parliament voted symbolically in favor of offering asylum to Edward Snowden. It has no power to actually do this, but it is good to endorse his cause so visibly.

I think the US should welcome Snowden home with a medal.

Challenging the NSA to say how many Americans it snoops on as collateral damage.