Not long ago, Republican officials were eager to get rid of Obama's medical insurance law. Now Scott Walker pretends to want to keep it going, while trying subtly to make it fall apart.

The UN accuses Australia of arbitrary imprisonment of an asylum seeker.

Senator Sanders called for the US to defend democracy, both at home and abroad, by making it effective rather than a mask for plutocracy.

Sanders for President!

The European Parliament voted to let car manufacturers own a copyright on the telemetry from a "connected" car.

In my view, the first and basic moral issue about telemetry from a car is whether to allow it to exist at all.

US schools are buying expensive (and unproven) hardware that is supposed to hamper shooters in schools, rather that spending the money on making a better environment that discourages violence.