Protesters in Oakland discovered two infiltrating disguised thugs and a few attacked them, whereupon one thug pulled out a pistol and pointed it at the surrounding crowd.

I understand that the thug might have felt threatened at that moment — but he should not have been there in the first place.

The thug department says that they infiltrated the protest to "keep the public safe". If they shot protesters, they'd say that was "keeping the public safe" too.

20 years ago, when Russia's war with Chechnya started, Yeltsin was determined not to negotiate with Chechnya and made foolish excuses.

Human predation of whales and seals has created ecosystem catastrophes, wiping out other species of animals and plants.

An FBI interrogator who questioned Abu Zubaydah without torture, reports on how the CIA torturers took over, then lied about what he had achieved, while not bothering for months to question Abu Zubaydah at all.

An Indonesian editor has been accused of blasphemy for a cartoon that criticized PISSI.