Chomsky: America's Real Foreign Policy: Global Corporatization by Force.

The permanent stress caused by poverty causes children's brains to develop improperly. With almost 1/4 of US children living in poverty, this creates a permanent handicap for the US, as well as an irremediable injustice to those children.

A Palestinian teenager was, it appears, kidnapped and killed as an act of explicit revenge for the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers.

The killers of those three teenagers probably thought that was revenge, too. Israelis kill lots of Palestinians each year, including teenagers and protesters. They also torture Palestinian teenagers.

These killings are wrong on both sides, and I insist on condemning them the same.

Tony B'liar plans to help al-Sisi gain more business opportunities for Egypt.

Since Egyptians won't be allowed to think about politics or freedom, or enjoy satire on TV, I guess business is all they will be left with.

Malaysia refuses to let a diplomat accused of attempted rape use diplomatic immunity as a shield.