Australia's paying (apparently) people smugglers to turn back to Indonesia has provoked a dispute with the government of Indonesia.

The Magna Carta, 800 years ago, was the basis for human rights around the world. As the British government celebrates the centennial, Britons must fight for them again.

Cameron is not a king, but he makes up for that by being far more devious and slippery than King John.

The world is having the worst refugee crisis since World War II.

As the world recognizes that coal investments are likely to lose their value, many pension funds are likely to lose big, as well as some billionaires.

The problem is that they are tempted to try to make the world "burn just a little more" by keeping the carbon bubble swelling. As usual with bubbles, the longer it lasts, the more financial damage its inevitable bursting will do; but this bubble is also broiling Earth's ecosphere.

How to Steal from the Taxpayers While Blaming the Poor.