Fanatical Christians think it is "beautiful" that rape can make women pregnant.

It may become possible to transplant uteruses into men so that they can carry a pregnancy. Perhaps Republican men should be invited to carry the "beautiful" pregnancies that women don't want for whatever reason.

A thug in Utah broke Danny Baker's prosthetic arm when he insisted on handcuffing it behind Baker's back. Thugs denied Baker medical care and made false charges against him.

Suing the city will compensate Baker for the damage, which fortunately wasn't permanent. It will not deter thugs from acting like this … again, and again, and again. We must prosecute and jail individual thugs for brutality and for perjury.

Peter Watts: If privacy is really dead, why are so many still trying so hard to kill it?

(I've pointed out before that "Your cause is lost, give up" is a sign that it is still possible to resist.)

The state says it should see everything to "keep us safe", but that makes many of us less safe.

Freedom House reports that the level of freedom has been predominantly declining for 8 years.

Perhaps rich dissident Saudis funded the September 2001 attacks.

I do understand the difference between funding the Afghan Mujahidin and funding the September 2001 attacks. The article first says Moussaoui claimed Saudi royals did latter, then it says he claimed they did the former. I suppose the author just got confused in writing, but which did Moussaoui say?