The troll's attack on freedom of the press has inspired a Cambodian attack on freedom of the press.

Mexico says it will not not let the US deport Central Americans to Mexico.

SCROTUS, visiting their home districts, meet with wealthy donors while shunning the voters.

Sea Shepherd pursued an illegal fishing boat for four months; when the fishing crew gave up hope of escaping pursuit, they scuttled the fishing boat in deep water.

They knew that if they brought their illegal catch into port, they would be prosecuted based on the evidence Sea Shepherd would provide.

The catch was illegal because the boat was taking protected fish, fish in danger of being wiped out by fishing.

They may still be prosecuted, based on the evidence of fish that Sea Shepherd sailors collected from the fishing boat as it sank. But even if they are not prosecuted, the loss of their boat and their catch is a substantial punishment.

If Sea Shepherd can do this to many such fishing boats, or if navies help, it could do a lot to discourage illegal fishing.

Paul Ryan defines freedom as "the ability to buy what you want".

With that definition, wealthy people have and deserve more freedom than the rest of us. This reductio ad absurdam shows that that is the wrong definition of freedom.

Ryan is not alone in proposing this neoliberal definitoin of freedom. Many people I meet say that your freedom is defined as how many options you have. That definition is basically the same as Ryan's, and it has the same basic flaw.

My definition of freedom is "having control of your own life."