The US says PISSI is recruiting supporters in Afghanistan, and the Taliban does not like that.

Ireland voted to legalize same-sex marriage , with a majority of 60%.

Next step: freedom of abortion. Irish women are not incubators, any more than the rest of the world's women.

Existing "trade treaties" allow countries to sue against good laws, such as limiting tobacco to plain packaging and labeling meat by the country of origin.

New "trade" treaties will empower foreign companies to sue directly, if we don't defeat them.

Maryland's governor spent 30 million dollars on a jail for minors instead of schools.

With better schools, they might not need this jail for minors. But Republicans don't want to reduce crime — they want to be cruel to criminals. If there were no teenage criminals, they'd be unable to demonstrate toughness against them.

Uri Avnery: The Israeli right wing is pushing Israeli democracy to the wall: intimidating the Supreme Court, breaking the media and converting schools into right-wing propaganda outlets.

Jews who want to live in a democracy need to find a new homeland.