On his first book tour stop out of the U.S., several hundred rowdy protesters greeted Dick Cheney in Vancouver, forcing those attending the event to be hauled over them by police. The protests came a week after Human Rights Watch urged Canada to arrest Cheney, calling the visit "a rare opportunity to remedy (the) shameful failure" of the U.S. to do so.

"We do this not just for catharsis or out of our own anger at the (Cheney) policies...but also out of a sense of responsibility to international law and historical justice. An injury to one is truly an injury to all."

In one of the first documented cases linking methane contamination to natural gas drilling, Sherry Vargson's tap water comes out so toxic she can light it. The WSJ is careful to quote companies saying drilling, not fracking, causes the (admittedly troublesome) methane leaks and "we're doing everything we can to make it safe." Tell it to the Vargson family, who've had to give up their dairy farm. Water on fire in More.

What the media coverage of the release of Americans Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal from an Iran prison often leaves out: When the two complained of their treatment, their guards cited "comparable conditions" for detainees in Guantanamo and CIA prisons around the world. Their full statements here.

"We do not believe that such human rights violations on the part of our government justify what has been done to us. Not for a moment. However, we do believe these actions provide an excuse for other governments, including Iran, to act in kind."