Knee-jerk reactions to a shocking event tend to be bad ones. The biggest danger to Europe from terrorists is in the foolish attacks on freedom in Europe that are now threatening.

Arizona has passed a law to obstruct access to abortion drugs.

Coal companies will evade the obligation to clean up their polluted strip mines and mine waste by going bankrupt.

Hello magazine admitted its "exclusive interview with George Clooney" was completely fabricated.

The magazine says it did not know the article was fabricated, but will someone be held accountable enough to make sure it doesn't happen again?

Poor children in San Jose, who are a large fraction of the city, say, "My mom won’t let me get a [library] card because she doesn’t want fines."

I wonder why they so often return books late. I suspect that children in poverty face simple practical obstacles to returning books on time, and I wonder if there are practical solutions. For instance, could a system for them to return library books through their school help?