The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board members used private email accounts (which was lawful) while trying to investigate Governor Walker, because they couldn't trust their state email accounts not to be monitored by his men.

Having arbitrarily quashed the investigation (apparently because Walker was guilty), Walker's Republican allies in the legislature are citing this as an excuse to eliminate the Government Accountability Board.

No constitutional arrangements are strong enough to prevent shameless scoundrels from destroying them.

When spring is warm, oak trees produce fewer acorns.

72% of Saudi Death Sentences Handed Down for Non-Violent Crimes.

UN help has enabled Guatemala to make its formerly corrupt and useless judicial system work honestly.

The best temperature for economic productivity is 13C. As the average temperature rises above that, productivity goes down.

The US and China are at that peak now, so global heating will harm productivity in both. However, places that are already hotter will suffer a bigger decline.