The US government approved the merger of Monsanto and Bayer, despite (or should I say, because of) the increased monopoly power they will have.

I would not blame this on the bullshitter — Obama hardly bothered to resist monopolies either, and neither would Clinton have.

E-cigarettes are almost twice as effective as nicotine gum for helping smokers quit smoking tobacco.

Congressional Democrats have introduced a bill to increase Social Security benefits, to keep retired Americans out of poverty.

I suppose Republicans in the Senate will block this, since their maxim is, "If you're not rich, you have too much money."

San Francisco's law requiring health warnings on ads for soda has been overturned in the name of companies' freedom of speech.

This is another example of why corporations must not be entitled to human rights. Human rights are for persons, and corporations are not persons.

If a law or a court says that corporations are persons, that doesn't make them persons, it only makes the law an ass.

IBM is working hard to make face recognition as accurate, and as Orwellian, for blacks and women as it is for white men.

Progressives should stop fussing about the danger that inaccurate face recognition poses for minorities, a danger that will not last many years, and focus on the danger that accurate face recognition will increasingly pose for everyone.