Netanyahu plans to loosen the rules for shooting Palestinian boys that throw stones.

Israeli soldiers have been ignoring the rules already, to kill Palestinians who were simply running away.

Now that we have proof that the US has corrupted "voluntary" cybersecurity programs to spy on people, it is even clearer that the "voluntary" program of CISA is an excuse for more spying on people.

Robert Reich proposes to share all income from patented or trademarked businesses with the public, as a form of redistribution that couldn't be evaded by accounting tricks or offshoring.

It might work, but I think my proposed solution, a progressive tax on business income, would also resist such tricks while applying to more businesses. It would also pressure big businesses to split up.

Israel has a special unit to "monitor" organizations that advocate boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel.

Israel says that this campaign is somehow linked to violent resistance, Palestinians in the West Bank that support that cause are called in for interrogation, apparently to intimidate them.

I don't support a boycott of Israel in general, but I do support a boycott of products made in the Israeli colonies in the West Bank (which violate the treaties that govern military occupation).

In the UK, there is such a housing shortage that landlords often harass tenants and some even commit violence against them.

Strict policing of landlords would help, but what the UK really needs is enough available housing.