Mulvaney is pushing deregulation of business in many areas of the US government.

By contrast, the bully wants more regulation of activities that help poor people, refugees, and women.

If we have recourse to a billionaire to defeat the impositions of other billionaires, the result will be to ensconce plutocracy more deeply.

A society where a small number of the powerful compete for power could turn into an empire.

Progressive US district attorneys are making inroads into the cruel "tough on crime" approach to street crime.

Toughness for toughness' sake causes a lot of collateral damage and can backfire by increasing crime.

The case where toughness is exactly what we need is for business crime, whether against workers or against customers. For instance, stealing workers' pay and foreclosing on millions of Americans' homes using fraudulent papers. The perpetrators do this for profit, and if it ceases to be profitable, they will stop doing it.

Senate Republicans blocked bills to improve the security of US elections.

A mesh network is providing true internet service to large parts of New York City.

I used to think that community mesh networks could not be more than toys, but it's a great surprise to see this is not so.