Italy says Egypt is being uncooperative in the investigation of the murder of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni.

Probably the killers were part of the state's mechanism of repression, which operates almost unchecked on Egyptians.

People who broke free from controlling religious sects talk about how they found the strength to escape.

The Brussels terrorist bombers were planning to attack France, but they saw that investigators were closing in on them, so they made a hurried plan to attack in Brussels instead.

This is a sign that state powers to investigate terrorists are already adequate. There is no need to give the state additional power — though using its power more efficiently could be an improvement.

The Panama Papers Prove It: We [the US] Can Afford a Universal Basic Income. Plus good infrastructure, good public education, good medical care, and so on.

Research shows that an important positive feedback in global heating, water droplets in clouds, will be bigger than previously thought.

That means we need even bigger emissions cuts to avoid total disaster.

Only a fool bets that the road runs off the cliff further rather than nearer. Don't be a fool: demand big cuts soon.