The chief of San Francisco thugs has fired some thugs for showing racism.

Making racist statements should not be a crime, but those with an official privilege must meet a higher standard than merely not being a criminal.

Firing those thugs is not enough for me to call the chief a police officer, but it is a step in the right direction.

US gun nuts encourage harassment of the author of a program that reports areas where guns are used or carried in dangerous ways.

Georgia wants to tax electric cars to make up for the gas tax revenue their owners don't pay.

To reduce fossil fuel use, Georgia ought to raise the gas tax, and tax fossil fuels used to make electricity. But that's the opposite of the orders Republicans get from their plutocratic masters.

Australia diverts refugees to Nauru, which accepts them in return for Australia's money. But the conditions of refugees in Nauru are like a prison — they could plead for asylum somewhere else as refugees from Nauru.

Nauru also tries to exclude journalists to cover this up.

I think it is not inherently wrong for a country that is the target of economic illegal immigration to send refugees to another country. But that doesn't excuse doing it in a cruel way like this.

The people that dominate the Republican Party are not conservatives. They are radical fundamentalists that call themselves "conservative".