The Ferguson commission did a serious job and recommended almost 200 changes in laws to eliminate the pervasive injustices observed in Ferguson and many other places in the US.

Shortly after the US sent 70 trained Syrian rebels into Syria, one is reported to have defected to al Qa'ida.

The idea of training "moderate" Syrian rebels is just a fig leaf. What the US needs to do is stop shielding Saudi Arabia, which spews an extremist form of Islam around the world; but Obama is extending US support for Saudi Arabia.

Arguments that bullet-list presentations undermine careful thought and make it hard to notice errors.

Over 10 years, the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court has persistently served the powerful at the expense of other Americans.

Another Turkish journalist has been arrested and charged with "subversion".