Dissidents in Azerbaijan and Russia all seem to be drug users, according to the state. Similar frame-ups occur in Canada too.

One of the many ways in which prohibition of drugs is harmful is that the thugs can use this very easily to frame people.

More generally, the practice of prosecuting dissidents for crimes that are ostensibly nonpolitical extends also to Canada and the US.

Syrian fighting has spread to Lebanon.

It looks like this will develop into a war between Shi'ites and Sunnis across the Middle East.

UK cuts in the National Health Service undermine public health including the ability to respond to any outbreak of disease.

A long series of studies show that acupuncture does not deliver significant real pain relief. It is nothing but a placebo.

The article includes terse explanations of various sources of error that explain the occasional study that show a positive effect, and why those are to be expected in studies of any popular ineffective treatment.

US citizens: rebuke the Democrat senators who voted for corporate welfare rather than avoiding food stamp cuts.