An Israeli wanted to carry out random violence against Arabs, so he stabbed a stranger who turned out to be an Israeli.

This is an unusual example, but killing of Arabs goes on all the time.

As pharma companies merge, they neglect diseases that kill lots of poor people in favor of trying to make the next viagra.

The idea of giving these companies "incentives" to do research is a dead end. They spend the money instead on advertising, and on corrupting doctors, research, and scientific journals.

We should tax the companies more so we can fund the research that is really important.

Human beings that care only about their own gain are antisocial. We rebuke them, even shun them. It is a mistake to acquiesce to totally selfish behavior from a company. Indeed, the idea that a company's only duty was to its shareholders is a recent change imposed by right-wing domination; in the 1970s, companies were supposed to value others, such as employees, customers, and the public.

Erdoğan's men are trying to associate Kurds with PISSI in the public mind by talking about them together.

Never mind that the Kurds are secularist rather than Jihadi, and that the Kurds and PISSI are at war in Iraq and in Syria.

A Catholic hospital put a woman's life in danger by refusing her a tubal ligation because "that's sterilization". Catholic doctrine says that women should get pregnant even if it is likely to kill them.

We should give Catholic hospitals three choices: disconnect from religious rules, sell to secular owners, or shut down.

"Sex work criminalization means potential employers and landlords treat me as a person who was arrested for prostitution, not a survivor."