Paris Man Jailed for Three Months for Slapping Woman's Bottom.

I agree with this decision. He physically attacked her.

If it were just a matter of his verbal remarks, I would disapprove of them (it is nasty to insult strangers for no good reason), but insults should not be a crime.

In several fields, business funding for research serves to distract research from issues the businesses don't want explored, and distorts public policy.

Kavanaugh's acquaintances and record present him as frequently violent and frequently drunk, and motivated by hatreds.

The sadist's officials are dragging their feet in obeying the court order to reunite immigrant minors that were taken away from their families. Almost 200 have not yet been reunited.

Thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of patients getting blood transfusions in the UK around 1980 were infected with HIV in the process. An investigation has found that their medical record suffered deletions and even fake additions as a cover-up.

Similar infections occurred in the US and France. The medical systems were not designed to prevent this sort of thing.