Two human rights campaigners have been arrested in Sri Lanka and accused of "inciting hatred".

Aside from the question of whether they really did this — people quoted in the article say they did the opposite — making that a crime is an infringement of freedom of speech.

Why the election in Crimea is bogus, and some other good thoughts about it.

Global heating effects are interfering with agriculture in Uganda, and people cannot sleep with the increased nighttime heat.

The temperature normally falls during a clear night. Greenhouse gases block this, so that night becomes painfully hot.

US citizens: call on the Senate to thoroughly investigate the intelligence agencies.

The progressive Better Off Budget is full of what America needs, including some tax increases on the rich and on speculators.

The proponents say it will cut the deficit too, but I hope it won't do that in the short term. What we need now is increased deficit spending; later, having spent our way out of the problem, we should run a surplus to pay back that borrowing.