Ferguson's thug department made itself more repressive by overpromoting thugs with SWAT training.

In other words, the psychological side effect of militarization was what counted.

The Nation's views on resolving the Syrian civil war through negotiation.

I mostly agree, but I think we should support the revolutionary Kurds more.

They are the only side in Syria that isn't made of monsters.

Billionaire "philanthrocapitalism" is so powerful that it buys the support of entire fields of endeavor; hardly anyone dares question its decisions.

When Gates referred to opponents of computational idea patents as "communists", I think he meant me.

This was my response.

Unfortunately the article falls into repeating the confusion term "intellectual property" that Gates himself uses. Please don't ever use that term.

There is a proposal to exclude tobacco from TPP rules — the ones that would allow companies to sue governments over any laws that interfere with their profits. But tobacco companies are pressing hard to be included, so they can block measures to restrain the promotion of their deadly product.

This is just a sample of the evil spirit of Treacherous Plutocratic Poison.

The EPA has tightened standards for ozone pollution a little, but it's far less than doctors say is needed to protect human health.