A part of London plans to fine those that leave buildings unoccupied, but only buildings constructed in the future.

Maybe that's the best a local government can do. If so, criticizing that local government for not doing better is pointless. The national government must do something better.

The new world-wide plan for failing banks is that depositors lose their deposits, because derivatives owed to other banks get first priority and there won't be enough to pay them.

Depositors are supposed to be protected by deposit insurance, but there isn't enough money in the insurance fund to cover the depositors of a big bank.

In US-Supported Egypt, 188 Protesters Are Sentenced to Die Days After Mubarak is Effectively Freed.

The Science of Why Cops Shoot Young Black Men.

If thugs can't help instantly assuming the worst about blacks, in a split second, perhaps it is necessary to tell them not to be so quick to shoot anyone.

China and North Korea used the Senate CIA torture report to tell the US it shouldn't talk about their human rights abuses.

In fact, both China and North Korea oppress the people much more than the US, but given the bad things the US has done, it lacks the moral authority to criticize them without being ridiculous.

This is an additional reason why the US must put its torturers on trial.