In England, flowers that normally bloom in May are blooming in January, due to El Nino on top of global heating.

Since different species base their calendars on different cues, this will cause ecological disruption, which will wipe out some species.

A cold snap in February could kill some organisms that have become active early.

Just 3 years after horsemeat was passed off as "beef", the UK has cut the amount of tests of food, making cheating easier than ever.

We depend on the state to keep businesses honest, and for many other things.

UN Experts Catalog Seemingly Endless List of Racial Discrimination in US.

I believe that the US owes reparations to the descendents of those who suffered denial of equal rights, including both slavery and the racist laws from 1880 to the 1960s.

The US apparently planned to kidnap Snowden with the help of some subservient government, since it had a plane waiting in Denmark to take him away as he was travelling.

If the US had hoped a government would arrest him and then respect his rights with an extradition hearing, there would have been no need for that plane.

Republicans and Democrats in Congress are corrupted by lobbyist money.