The Taliban and Iran are trying to reconcile their differences.

The Wall Street Journal continues to promote the thoroughly discredited claim that punishing lots of minor infractions was responsible for the decrease in crime in NYC since the 90s.

The decrease occurred just as much in cities which didn't adopt that policy. Recently, as the thugs reduced their arbitrary searches of people on the street, crime continued to go down.

Obama's task force on education recommends starting to step away from the "zero tolerance" attitude.

The article presents an instructive example of how zero tolerance turns into oppression.

South Africa is proposing a law for arbitrary internet censorship orders.

In the UK, more than 2 million children's families have cut back on food, clothing or heating due to government cuts in welfare.