A right-wing pattern: offer token support to the poor or downtrodden, so that right-wing supporters can tell themselves, "We're not really callous and greedy."

It is fatuous to judge whether a party can "run the economy well" without thinking about what that means. Do dooH niboR policies, competently executed and enriching the rich, constitute running the economy well, or running it badly?

Are Foreign NGOs Rebuilding Haiti Or Just Cashing In?

Canada has passed a law to revoke citizenship of those convicted of "terrorism" in other countries. This applies even if they are convicted in countries like the US or Egypt, where dissent or journalism can be labeled as "terrorism" and courts don't follow the standards of justice.

This applies even to natural-born Canadians who had the bad luck to receive citizenship in some other country, perhaps without asking for it.

The UK government says it will "boost productivity" by producing the wrong kind of houses.

It's a distraction anyway, since the UK's problem isn't a lack of production, it is that the rich take it all.

Fossil Fuel Industry Must 'Implode' to Avoid Climate Disaster, Says Top Scientist.