The violent president of the Philippines has accused many local officials and judges of complicity in drug trafficking, and has cut off their bodyguards.

Firing thugs and soldiers is legitimate. Investigating judges and politicians, and perhaps subsequently prosecuting them, is legitimate, given evidence. Putting them in danger of assassination is not legitimate.

All Canadians' rights are in danger, when a comedian can be fined for calling someone "ugly".

The renamed al-Nusra may go on to impose Salafist or similar strict Islam on Syria, but it may have a potential to become less repressive.

When employers require workers to be constantly tracked during work, it can become a form of oppression.

Americans in general have no interest in trying to increase the productivity of work, because the benefits of such increases go almost entirely to the rich. So I think we should strictly limit how such wearables can be used, and reject the idea that "improved efficiency" can justify oppression.

The ACLU has forced release of the FBI's massive and inexplicable aerial survellance of protests in Baltimore.