General al-Sisi has declared his intention to run for president of Egypt in an election that clearly won't be fair.

India's population growth is still dangerous.

While efforts to treat sewage deserve support, reducing the birth rate is most important.

Criticizing some details of how Spain redistributes income from richer regions to poorer regions.

The point may be valid, but it's a secondary issue. The primary issue is that of redistributing from richer regions to poorer ones — which is good and necessary.

I have little sympathy with the Catalan selfish objections, which are being used by regional politicians who want to become the heads of a new small state. The real sources of poverty in Spain are austerity and corruption. If the people of various regions work together against these, they can all be better off.

Five lies by Putin about Ukraine.

Everyone: call on Costco to commit not to sell GM salmon.