The UK and would-be-independent Scotland are competing to pander to oil companies extracting what's left of oil in the North Sea.

I speculate that each of them wants the oil companies to help buy votes in the coming referendum about independence for Scotland. I think the question of Scottish independence from the UK is a side issue; what matters in Scotland, and everywhere else, is independence from corporate power. If I were a citizen of Scotland I'd probably vote for whichever side the oil companies don't support.

US citizens: tell Congress you will work to replace anyone that votes to cut Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

Who should decide whether spy agencies' dirty work should be published? The state which runs them, or newspapers?

The lawyers for Libyan dissidents, who are suing the UK for handing them over to Gaddafy, say that GCHQ is spying on their privileged emails with their clients.

The US is returning to 19th century in politics, human rights, and work.