The US is still playing games over Shaker Aamer.

Although Israel rejects its responsibility for crushing Rachel Corrie to death, activists still rally around her name.

Syriza is negotiating with Russia as a possible saviour from euro-austerity.

It makes perfect sense to me.

Palestinians are resisting the occupation by trashing Israeli products brought into Palestine.

This accompanies a growing series of regular and permanent nonviolent protests against the occupation and theft of Palestinian land.

Within a decade, wind generators will be cheaper than fossil fuel power plants.

Unfortunately, we haven't got a decade to wait lackadaisically to cut down on fossil fuels. We must take strong measures by 2017.

Wind power would be cheaper already if fossil fuels were taxed to cover the cost that their emissions impose on society.

For gasoline, that is estimated at almost 4 dollars per gallon, more than the price of gasoline in the US.

I advocate taxing fossil fuels to cover these costs, mainly so as to use the market to move society away from them. As for politicians that say they will make gasoline cheaper, they are pandering to the foolish side of human nature.