The paradigm of economic growth, as typically understood today, is anti-life.

It is not inevitable for economic growth to be anti-life; but if people formulate their thoughts in terms of economic growth and never mind how, it could come out that way.

Resistance to plant variety monopolies and other restrictions of crops is spreading in Latin America.

This generally admirable article falls for enemy propaganda when it treats the term "intellectual property" as if it were a principle. It is nothing but a way of lumping together various unrelated laws, one of which is the law of plant variety monopolies. These laws don't have anything meaningful in common, but the propaganda term leads people to think that they do, or should. Therefore, I never use it, and when I see it used, I explain how it is misleading.

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Why prosecutors to prosecute heroes like Swartz and Kiriakou, rather than banksters.

By the way, this also shows us why proposals to "reduce crime" by putting cameras on the street are missing the boat. If they want to make a real dent in crime, they should put the cameras in bank executives' offices.

North Dakota Oil Spill Spotlights Obama Delay on Rules (about detecting leaks).

The UK government's decision to interrogate David Miranda and threaten him with imprisonment was based on a document that equated publication with terrorism.

There you have it. Measures that strip people of their rights in the name of "fighting terrorism" will be used to attack freedom and democracy. These measures are far bigger threat than terrorism.