Uganda and Jeb Bush share a PR flack. Uganda uses him to overcome the negative image it got from its repressive anti-gay law.

Two Georgia thugs face murder charges for tasing a handcuffed prisoner, who died from it.

Not-usually-lethal weapons are an improvement when they are used instead of guns; they are harmful when used instead of nothing.

Chelsea Manning was found "guilty" of absurd crimes, but won't be put in solitary.

While I am glad this political trial did not put her in solitary, it remains despicable to punish someone for having an expired tube of toothpaste or the Senate report on US government torture. This was a political persecution from beginning to end.

Krugman: The Republican presidential candidates want to eliminate Social Security, because they bow down to a hundred or so rich families that want that.

Overprotecting students against ideas that may make them uncomfortable is harmful to them, and turns unjust when it develops into "vindictive protectiveness".

I agree with most of the article's points, so I will mention the few that I disagree with.

• Some forms of "microaggression" stem from derogatory stereotypes. In these, insult is objectively present. If we don't think in terms of those stereotypes, we won't say such things.

  However, that applies to only some of the "microaggressions" that are being condemned; others are not objectively insulting, so the article's points are valid for them. We must not condemn people just because someone takes offense at what they say.

• A speech at graduation is a special honor, far beyond simply giving a talk at the school. These speakers are honorees, not mere visitors. It is entirely valid to campaign against honoring a political figure on the grounds of wrongs that person has done.
• Today's Republican candidates and legislators are enemies of democracy itself, with their voter suppression, gerrymandering, and campaign funds from billionaire global heating denialists. The idea that "we can disagree civilly and still be friends" does not stretch that far.