Reminder of some arguments against the death penalty.

A student from a town near Detroit faces criminal charges for throwing a ball that injured another student, in a game similar to dodge ball.

I was unable to play volleyball because I was afraid to be hit by the ball. If you are afraid of being hit by a ball — whether for emotional reasons like me, or valid medical reasons like the student that was injured, you really should decline to play.

The European Court of Justice ruled that a web site with a Like button is responsible for the tracking it does.

This ruling won't make a big difference if the site can make the issue go away by adding one more clause to its terms of service. But it might make a small difference, if sites can no longer show a Like button to a visitor who has not yet explicitly accepted the terms of service.

Nigeria shows how extreme inequality of income can spread poverty in an "economic boom".

India has almost finished abolishing the one-sided law for divorces among Muslims. Men alone had the right to declare a divorce unilaterally.

People should have equal rights in divorce, but I hope this doesn't result in making divorce too difficult for everyone.