The Swedish appeals court did not cancel the arrest warrant against Julian Assange, but pressured the prosecutors to accept his invitation to question him in the Ecuadorian embassy.

If the Swedish prosecutors were really concerned about the sexual allegations against Assange, they would interview him in the embassy so as to advance that case and either charge him or not. Their refusal to do this demonstrates that they are using the allegations as a pretext to send Assange to the US.

Refuting the claim that unemployment insurance causes unemployment: a study shows it is mostly false.

Note that the claim really argues for lower wages; but US wages for many jobs are not enough to live on, so they must be raised.

The US has many other policies that discourage employment, which we should change. For instance, charging employers for social security and medical care is a mistake. That money should be obtained by taxing rich people and businesses' income, independent of how much they pay to workers.

In teenage girls' fascination for the Hunger Games, they show a form of political maturity.

The world of The Hunger Games is a projection of today's starve-the-poor plutocracy. It's much worse than today's USA, but the America of 2100 might be even worse. If globalized manufacturing collapses, we might be left with nothing but low-tech.

UK spending cuts have reduced tax income and caused a fresh budget deficit. The insane remedy is to cut spending more, and never mind that it has failed in its ostensible goal, because the real goal is to reduce workers to desperation.

Journalist Sarah Lacy writes about how an Uber executive said he would punish her critical journalism by using lies to smear her family life. It was the culmination of years of contempt for the company's drivers and passengers.

By the way, I don't see anything wrong in offering taxi rides driven by attractive models of either sex. Since I believe sexual services should be legal, I would not object if they offered to fly you while driving you. However, this need not and should not be accompanied by Uber-style contempt towards women (and men).