Confronting the flaws of Alcoholics Anonymous — not limited to insisting people surrender to a "higher power" even though they know there isn't one.

Companies designing "advanced" nuclear reactors want safety regulations taken out of their way.

Then nothing would stop them from making us guinea pigs for their radioactive experiments, just when the nuclear power is becoming pointless because of the tremendously superior efficiency of renewable energy.

The French, banned from marching to demand defense of Earth's climate, are making a pile of shoes to symbolize the march they would have done.

It would be more effective to defy the ban and march anyway.

A substantial climate protest in Paris was taken over by "black bloc" people that wanted to fight with the thugs.

I can't disagree with what they said, but it was a stupid choice of tactics. A nonviolent confrontation, maintaining the moral high ground, would have put the state in the wrong, but this senseless violence gave the state a victory.

In past protests, the "black bloc" was infiltrated by state provocateurs. Perhaps that occurred this time too.

The UK Labour Party is turning against bombing Syria.

The question is not whether to consider PISSI an enemy, but rather what to do about that. Is it wise or ethical to drop bombs on people as an act symbolic participation, without a strategy to win, in a way that is likely to strengthen the enemy by killing lots of civilians which would aid PISSI's recruiting as well as being an injustice in itself?

Cameron responds to these questions with "but the symbol is so important!" and "I have a rabbit in my hat".

The problems presented by the Raqqa exiles are so complex that there may not be way to avoid all of them. However, ignoring them is a recipe for doing harm and losing.

Right-wing rhetoric calling for killing abortion doctors translates repeatedly into murderous attacks.

The term "pro-choice" represents a weak decision not to defend abortion itself. The issue here is not "choice", it is the right to get an abortion when you want one.