The extremists that occupied the Malheur wildlife reserve come from a movement of kooks who want to privatize large amounts of land in the American west, and believe that they are entitled to own it.

In fact, private development is spreading rapidly in the west, though it would take centuries at this rate for all the land to be built over.

Poland's extractivist politicians threaten to maim, kill or imprison environmentalists opposed to cutting down Europe's last primeval forest.

One turn in power is enough for extractivist government to destroy forever something irreplaceable. The Polish government's plan to cut this forest, and the Australian government's plan to destroy unique forest in Australia, must be compared with PISSI's destruction of ancient buildings in Palmyra.

We should establish heavy world-wide punishments for crimes against world heritage.

US citizens: Tell Democratic leaders: Don't Help Republicans Gut Wall Street Reform.

US citizens: Call on Obama to stop oil leasing off ALL US coasts.

Successful Americans systematically deny the role that luck played in their success. This threatens their self image, which is that they are self-made and that they earned every penny, including what they got from welfare, public education, or their parents.