The UK's right-wing government is condemning the MDs of the National Health Service for being overworked.

Why are they overworked? Because the government won't hire enough of them.

Contraceptives damage the fertility of freshwater fish, but cleaning them out of wastewater looks to be very expensive.

It would be good for more women to switch to IUDs.

Visiting Syrian refugees in camps in Jordan.

In terms of human rights, both Assad and his Islamist enemies are horrible. I don't see how any other side could win. Perhaps that means the best thing to do is help Assad win sooner, thus reduce the bloodshed.

A crucial question is, who is responsible for the civil war in Syria? Was it Sa'udi Arabia? Qatar? Did the US help them?

The US seems to have made an extensive library of recordings of force-feeding prisoners in Guantanamo.

The Senate confirmed David Barron as a federal judge.

Just seeing his murder memo was only the first step. The next step should have been to study it in order to determine his fitness as a judge.