North Korea is among the most repressive states on Earth, with perhaps a hundred thousand political prisoners.

I think it is wise to try to aim for nuclear disarmament of North Korea and an end to the Korean War, as the first targets, without demanding an end to the repression as well. Adding that demand would make agreement impossible. With peace, there is hope that the Kim dynasty will decide to reduce the repression.

The bully has found a new method for abolishing Obama's medicaid extension: by deciding not to defend it against a right-wing state government's lawsuit to overturn the law.

Will anyone else get a chance to defend it in the Supreme Court?

The US punishes people for doing menial work for terrorists — who kidnaped them and threatened to kill them if they didn't work.

I don't believe that fact that the work was cooking and cleaning is a crucial point. That it wasn't done voluntarily is the crucial point.

US citizens: call on Mattis not to dump a US citizen on a road in Syria, where anyone is likely to be killed.

US citizens: Support the STATES Act, for the federal government to cooperate with states that legalize marijuana.