The US has pressured the Japanese government into "reinterpreting" its constitution to permit fighting war on behalf of allies.

Pakistan seems to be serious about fighting the Islamists of North Waziristan.

A plutocrat writes: The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats.

Plutocracy kills poor people by the thousands, maybe even by the hundreds of thousands. Through global heating, that will become millions, then tens of millions. They are justified in fighting for their lives. The longer this battle is delayed, the more destructive it will be.

On the other hand, if we build up the anger and the movement fast enough, maybe we can restore democracy without violence, and end the killing.

Federal Court: No Impunity for Abu Ghraib Torturers.

Mysteriously, US CEOs are paid much more than CEOs in other countries.

It would be interesting to find out what difference enables CEO pay to balloon more in the US than in Japan and Switzerland. I suppose that CEOs play one company off against another, but they would do that everywhere if they can. Why is it they can do so more in the US?