Everyone: thank former US President Carter for taking a clear stand against Keystone XL and the Koch brothers.

Senator Leahy will block funds for the Egyptian military.

Wisconsin's voter-ID law has been ruled unconstitutional. However, this is not a final ruling.

Colombian farmers have blocked roads as a protest against the president, and he sent soldiers as well as thugs against them.

Combining prisons in the UK will make them cheaper, but it is a false economy.

False economy tends to result when governments fail to consider social investment as consumption rather than as investment.