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Finding an abortion clinic

lundi 11 juin 2018 à 02:00

Even where abortion is legal, if it is hard to find a clinic that does abortions, women turn to dangerous methods that can kill them.

Wedding cake lawsuit

lundi 11 juin 2018 à 02:00

The lawsuit against a Colorado bakery was decided by the Supreme Court in a very narrow opinion that found the bakery not guilty of discrimination, but clearly said that discrimination against homosexual customers as a general policy is unacceptable.

There are two ways to look at that bakery's action: as refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, or as refusal to make a wedding cake showing two men as the couple. The first is unacceptable; the second can perhaps be defended on First Amendment grounds. Alas, the two conditions tend to go together.

Salafi Arabia's 'anti-terror' laws

lundi 11 juin 2018 à 02:00

Salafi Arabia uses "anti-terror" laws to imprison and torture human rights defenders, according to a UN examination. Some of them are flogged, even executed.

I wonder if Dubya learned the practice from Salafi Arabia.

Funding for homeopathy

lundi 11 juin 2018 à 02:00

A UK parliamentary committee recommends ceasing to provide any government funding for homeopathy.

It was foolish to give any official support to that pseudoscientific practice.

New emissions tests

lundi 11 juin 2018 à 02:00

New emissions tests carried out by a light beam as cars pass on the road have made cheating impossible. However, some Diesel cars have really been made much cleaner.