What (later president) James Madison said about maintaining liberty versus ceding control to the forces of order and submission.

Further details of Prism have been published, showing that the NSA's equipment can fish directly and arbitrarily in the data bases of companies such as Google and Microsoft.

Reportedly the UK government is concerned that Pakistan may "neglect" relations with Afghanistan.

Contrast this with the article that says Pakistan's powerful intelligence service regards Afghanistan as a proxy for India.

Global heating protesters were arrested after blocking a train carrying very toxic oil obtained by fracking in the US, for export to Canada.

Why do politicians push for genetically modified food, when there are other good methods to produce desirable food varieties?

The article speculates, and I agree, that the push comes from companies such as Monsanto. It is unfortunate that the article uses the misleading overgeneralization "intellectual property" rather than being clear and specific by saying "patents".