The US Declaration of Independence as well as other important historical works have been deleted by various social censorship web sites.

The case of the Declaration of Independence is an interesting one. It is true that talking of "merciless Indian savages" disparages an ethnic group. However, both the "Indians" and the English colonists of the 1770s qualified as "merciless savages" by the modern moral standards that Trump is now trying to abolish. In context, the only flaw in that statement is that it unfairly criticized the former and not the latter.

The works deleted include the photo that helped end the Vietnam war, which showed a naked Vietnamese girl running toward the camera. The photo doesn't show her back, which had been burned by a US napalm bomb.

Rick Falkvinge warns that in some countries it is a crime to republish that photo, because it is considered "child pornography".

Ireland will hold a referendum to remove the remaining gender-biased clause from its constitution.

Billy Caldwell needs his marijuana oil twice a day to treat his epilepsy, and his mother will be forced to spend four hours each time bringing him to the hospital and back.

That leaves a total of 8 waking hours per day for all other waking activities.

Global heating effects won't end in 2100. If we allow two degrees C of heating, the follow-on could lead to 4 degrees.

George Soros strove with all his intellect to use his money to protect democracy — but he was defeated by extreme capitalism. Extreme capitalism treats democracy as an inconvenience to be corrupted and subverted.

I do not reach the conclusion that his fundamental philosophical ideas are deficient. We cannot point to some other approach and assert with confidence that it would have achieved more.