Mother Jailed for Sending Semi-Naked Photos of Daughters to Dance Teacher.

It appears that the dance teacher manipulated her into doing this so that her daughters would be admitted or kept in the dance school. He abused his power, but I don't think she should be punished.

Russian observers say that the vote counting for Scotland's referendum on independence was not done in accord with international norms.

This is a cheap shot — the Scottish referendum should have been run according to standards, but that does not validate Putin's phony elections in the Crimea or in Russia.

More about enslavement of high tech workers in Malaysia, and suggestions for ending it.

A California court denied a driver's suit to gain access to the data that license plate cameras have collected about him.

We should not allow license plate cameras to record seeing any particular plate, unless that plate is invalid or sought by court order.

India's "Untouchables" Are Still Being Forced to Collect Human Waste by Hand.

There are two wrongs here: the fact that many Indians don't have flushing toilets (which is a matter of poverty and overpopulation) and the fact that certain people are forced to clean them. If caste prejudice were eliminated, the second wrong would be gone but the first wrong would remain.