Mexico has given away 10 million digital TVs. This replaces the circuses that ancient Rome put on to amuse the poor.

I wonder if those TVs have remote listening capability.

Assad's air force killed over 80 civilians in a market.

Human rights defenders say this was an intentional massacre.

A journalist saw a Greek pensioner commit suicide by driving a car into the harbor, and complains that nobody tried to stop him.

Experience in other countries suggests that thousands of Greeks will commit suicide this year, because euro-imposed poverty has left them destitute. You may be able to thwart their suicide attempts, but that won't save them.

As the US cuts funds for national parks, they become marketing opportunities for companies to brand them.

It is wrong to let private individuals or organizations buy the naming of any public facilities or the use of their names or images for marketing but the facilities themselves. While this does not directly hurt people, it damages society by saying "In our city, or our country, everything public is for sale."

The copyright trap in the Pacific Partnership Trance.