Greece should drop the euro rather than surrender to euro-austerity; in a few years it will be better off out.

Fossil fuels cost the world 5 trillion dollars a year beyond what users pay to burn them. Or perhaps even more; about 1/4 of that figure is due to CO₂ emissions, but the estimate of the cost per unit of CO₂ may be too low.

Japanese Government Intimidating the Media, Says The Economist .

Politics in Britain is all about distraction . For instance, shock and alarm when a union openly makes demands on the party that is supposed to represent working people, but it's normal for businesses to make demands of the party they sneakily fund.

In the US, it's basically the same except for details.

A Russian exile in the UK appears to have been killed with a rare poison.