Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman says that Aaron Swartz was not depressed, in the usual general sense, and would not have killed himself except for the prosecution.

I would not claim that his decision was a mistake. Prison may be worse than death.

The EU has made a great advance in fishing policy, with a strict 5% limit on fish discards. At the same time, it has blocked Italy from banning disposable plastic bags.

Thus, both good and bad come from requiring governments to get permission from other governments which are generally subservient to business.

Prominent UK right-wing think tanks have accepted funds from Big Tobacco to advise the government not to require plain packaging for cigarettes.

US citizens: tell the Bureau of Land Management to adopt strict safety rules for fracking on public land.

The US surveillance machine tells reporters that protecting their sources is now impossible, so great is the level of surveillance of all our communications.

To maintain control over this rogue state, we must put an end to that surveillance.

Moreover, the article shows that businesses also have ways of cutting off information to reporters. A democracy would legislate to block those methods.