Air strikes against PISSI flattened a residential building, killing several civilians.

Because of US secrecy, we don't know what happened. Was that house an intentional target? Was it hit by mistake? Some civilian casualties are inevitable in war, but reckless disregard for civilian life can't be justified. The secrecy which prevents us from telling whether the US is reckless in Iraq, combined with certainty it has been reckless elsewhere, makes it plausible the US is reckless in fighting PISSI in Iraq and Syria as well.

In general, air attacks on anyone other than fighters with arms will tend to cause civilian casualties.

Interesting political comments from comedian Chris Rock.

Journalists must not try to be "balanced" when freedom of speech and privacy of communications are at stake.

Thugs in Denver attacked a man, then knocked his companion to the ground, then forcibly took a witness's tablet and deleted the video.

A group of Chicagoans out for the evening were attacked by thugs in disguise. Since 2010 they have been fighting to get justice from a system that tries at every step to protect the thugs.

This includes repeatedly trying to threaten them into dropping their complaint.

Most thugs would not intentionally beat you up. But if one thug does so, all the rest will join in protecting that one from justice.

Laws requiring seed companies to test their seeds are being used to shut down noncommercial seed exchange libraries.