Why did it take so long to catch Corinthian Colleges for its illegalities and shut it down? Its political and lobbying donations may be the reason.

If we don't cut greenhouse emissions soon, we will commit the world to perhaps 17 meters of sea level rise, though it will take a few centuries to occur. By 2100 we may get 3 meters of rise.

These models are uncertain. Should we bet the world's major cities on the possibility that the real rise is less? We would lose parts of nearly every coastal city.

Two gunmen attacked a "draw Muhammad" cartoon competition and were shot dead.

The attack was announced in advance by a tweet which proclaimed it as an act of religious terrorism.

Either the attackers were real murderous fanatics, or they pretended to be murderous fanatics (but that is implausible).

The organizers of the cartoon contest were deliberately provocative, but not violent.

Ms Geller is wrong about some things. There are millions of moderate Muslims. Even fanatics don't suppose they can impose Islam on the US in the short term.

What Muslim fanatics typically demand, in Europe and the US, is "respect" for Islam, respect to a degree that no person or belief is entitled to.

Many Muslims who do not engage in violence nonetheless support this demand. While their methods are not wrong, the demand is still wrong. Persistently exercising the right to criticize Islam (and any other religion whose adherents demand to silence criticism) is a valid way to defend that right.

Bernie Sanders says the US needs a "political revolution" against the billionaire class.

Note that he did not say that candidates for federal office are billionaires. Most of them are merely millionaires. The point is that they work for and report to the billionaires.

US citizens: call on the Federal Election Commission to immediately investigate candidates such as Jeb Bush and Scott Walker, who are pretending not to be candidates and claiming that excuses their violations.