Indonesia refuses to resume diplomatic ties with Australia without a commitment not to spy on Indonesian leaders.

What about the other Indonesians? Spying on other countries' leaders can be justified; spying on everyone is when it becomes Orwellian.

Don't Copy Our Welfare Cuts, New Zealand Experts Warn Australia.

The constitutional amendment that the Senate will vote on would reverse the Corporations United (*) decision but would not reject the idea that corporations are people. They are proposing only a half solution.

* Officially called "Citizens United", but I'd rather call them what they are than what they claim to be.

Sargent Bergdahl, freed by the Taliban in an exchange, apparently had left his post because he was disgusted with the dishonesty of the war.

Seattle has approved the increase of minimum wage to $15 an hour, disregarding the usual claims by businesses that the sky will fall.