The UK government wants to massively broaden the War on Drugs. The excuse: someone died from (mis)using nitrous oxide.

There are many pastimes which have a risk of fatal accidents. Strangely, no one calls for prohibiting mountain climbing, skydiving, or swimming with sharks.

The prosecution of two German journalists for treason, because they published information about massive surveillance, has been "suspended" in response to public outrage.

This is not a final victory, because the prosecution could still be resumed. Nonetheless, Germany is beating the US, where the government will not even "suspend" the prosecution of our hero, Edward Snowden.

Two thugs in Cincinnati that were recorded corroborating a false accusation against Sam DuBuse will not be tried. Apparently they retracted their lies when actually interrogated.

I am glad they saw the error of their ways, but I suspect this is because they found out that evidence would catch them in the lie, and not from any sudden attack of honesty. We need to teach thugs that lying leads to imprisonment.

Civil liberties lawyers have recognized that repression of animal rights protesters is a matter of human rights.

I don't particularly support animal rights; in particular, I am in favor of farming of animals (though we need to do a lot less of it, for environmental reasons), and I strongly support medical experiments on animals. However, I do support the human rights of those that disagree with me on this issue. The law against so-called "animal rights terrorism" is on a par with the Ag-Gag laws: an attempt to put companies above criticism because of their clout.

Time to End the Korean War: Lessons from the Past.

The North Korean dictatorship is among the most horrible on Earth, but we are not going to topple it with an invasion.