New Zealand has completely banned a published novel.

It doesn't matter that the novel won an award. Banning even a crappy book is wrong.

That Christian bullies are behind this doesn't alter the wrong, but does mean they share the moral onus of the wrong.

It is dangerous to get this book from Amazon, since that requires identifying yourself. Get a copy of the e-book from someone that has one; that is the only mode of distribution of this e-book that doesn't do wrong to the person it is offered to.

The fighting between Turkey and the PKK is escalating.

Turkey is accused of starting the fighting with a false-flag attack against the PKK, and people suggested that this was Erdoan's maneuver to increase his party's vote in the elecions that would come.

I think everyone in Turkey — not just the Kurds — deserves independence from Erdoan's government.

Peruvian officials ignore a massive illegal logging business, which is easily seen from the air.

Ecuador's president Correa unofficially threatens the free press.

US citizens: call for fully decriminalizing industrial hemp.