Supply and demand economics doesn't work for medical care.

It used to be that medical insurance protected you from gouging hospitals. Hospital mergers have made some hospitals so big that even the largest insurance companies don't have the clout to stop the gouging.

Selling product placement has become widespread in popular "music" just as in movies.

I think it constitutes corruption of the music itself. There is a moral difference between making money from music, and letting the money seep into the music. There is a step for the worse from trying to make music people like in order to make more money, and letting the money override the listeners.

The thug that shot Walter Scott dead as Scott was running away has been charged with murder.

Since Scott was not threatening the thug, he had no grounds to use deadly force.

Charging killer thugs is an important step forward, but we are only seeing it begin. Meanwhile, convicting them will be hard, especially with all-white juries.

I think we should start prosecuting thugs for lying about what happened. That happens a lot more often. Convicting a hundred thugs for perjury and sentencing each one to 2 years in prison will have a bigger effect on the behavior of thugs than sentencing ten of them to 30 years in prison.

Leaders of the European Parliament say they will reject the TISA and TTIP if those stop Europe from adopting its own regulations.

The relatives of Yemeni civilians killed by a US drone strike are suing for compensation.