The director of the US Office of Government Ethics has resigned 6 months before the end of his term, saying that the troll has made the job hopeless.

Any system to enforce ethical standards can only function if it ges political support from above.

The University of California has found excuses to keep right-wing speakers off campus and close a satirical newspaper.

I disagree deeply with Ann Coulter, some of whose statements are not designed to make sense when studied for more than 30 seconds. But that is no reason to refuse to let her speak on campus.

80% of refugees trying to reach Europe by sea are fleeing war or violence.

The US government had a scheme to promote the confused concept of "intellectual property" by arranging a staged conversation on Twitter. The government would post, and various entities with an interest in spreading confusion would "respond". The government proposal called it a "fake Twitter feud".

Whatever they say using the term "intellectual property", it spreads a gravely misleading idea about real laws: the idea that they fit that term.

That term was chosen as propaganda in the 1960s and pushed hard starting in the 1970s. Law schools didn't use it much until 1990.

I refuse to use it, and so can you.

Remember Hobby Lobby? Its owner set up a scheme to secretly import ancient cuneiform tablets from Iraq, and tried to cover his tracks.

Instead of prosecution, he only had to pay a fine and hand them over.