The spread of human activities in India has brought wild elephants and humans into conflict.

Republican "pro-family" policies cause suffering for modern families.

Having a baby in the US is especially expensive and dangerous to the mother, and Republican policies put the safer alternatives such as contraception and abortion out of some women's reach.

If the article's author thinks babies are adorable and something to celebrate, she should not claim we all feel that way. I don't, and you don't have to. When a baby is born, we should help it achieve a good life, but the world would be no worse off if that baby had not been born.

ACLU-NJ Praises Newark's Adoption of Stop-and-Frisk Transparency Policy.

I think the celebration is premature. This policy may be a step forward if it makes thugs do that less, or shows people how bad it is. But thugs shouldn't have the power to search you at any time on the street without cause.

Senator Wyden says the Obama regime is "considering" reducing the bulk collection of Americans' phone records.

I would not trust the Obama regime to really do so, but what this shows is that the movement against massive surveillance is strong enough to win something real.

Palestinian children chosen at random face life imprisonment after being tortured into confessing to throwing stones. It is not clear whether any stones were actually thrown.