US citizens: Phone your senators to oppose a bigger intervention in Syria.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

I am not opposed to all kinds of intervention in principle. I'm opposed to useless bloodshed, and Syria is not worth fighting Russia over.

US citizens: call on California to require search warrants for phone location data.

"In the United States, you're more likely to be crushed by falling furniture than killed by a terrorist—but try telling that to Washington."

It might appear that Americans are safe and secure, if you ignore the big danger we face: poverty spread by plutocracy.

The UK and Saudi Arabia made a deal to get themselves voted onto the UN Human Rights Council.

The UK is not as bad as for human rights Saudi Arabia, but it is getting there.

Guns give people an illusion of strength and security.