Hong Kong is trying to take a 14-year-old protester away from his parents on the grounds that they "neglected" him by not stopping him from protesting.

The willingness to do something that everyone will regard as deceptive and cruel is a stage frequently seen on a government's path to complete tyranny. It is a way of declaring open war on human rights. Putin passed through this stage a few years ago, and Erdogan is going there now.

The betrayal budget bill shows how Congress will try to squeeze through fast track for the TPP.

During World War II, the US recognized waterboarding as a form of torture, and said so clearly.

A Republican senator blocked a program to help veterans not commit suicide. He considered its price, $22 million, too high.

Australian phone companies and ISPs want to block customers from accessing the metadata about them.

The real issue is that companies should not be allowed to keep this data except about specific people subject to court orders.