Predictable libertarian defense of the poverty industry in the WSJ - Wall Street Journal (C. Mangu-Ward)
Defending the pawnbrokers, rent-to-own companies, check cashing, payday loans and the rest of the parasites that feed off the working poor. Bottom line (according Ms. Mangu-Ward)?: Hey, these companies are better than mobbed up loan sharks.
So-called "Black Bloc" groups blamed for anti-G20 violence in Toronto - Christian Science Monitor
"The Toronto Star reports that the tactic, common in international protests, involves protesters dressing in black and moving as groups to perform violent acts, then removing the black clothing to blend in with the larger protest crowd to avoid apprehension by the police. On Saturday, dozens of such protesters huddled together in a park to change into their street clothes, leaving the black garments behind and disappearing into the crowds."
Long wars are antithetical to democracy - Washington Post (Andrew Bacevich)
"The Long War is not America's war. It belongs exclusively to 'the troops,' lashed to a treadmill that finds soldiers and Marines either serving in a combat zone or preparing to deploy."
