George Monbiot: "My generation trashed the planet. So I salute the children striking back."

His point about moving from denial to despair is generally applicable to increasing problems backed by a political lobby in favor of the bad practice. For instance, massive surveillance.

Amazon made 11 billion dollars in profit and paid no federal income tax.

The migrants who took over a ship and made it go to Malta had been rescued at sea from a boat. When they saw they were being taken back to Libya, they started to fight using whatever weapons they could improvise, until the ship's crew turned the ship north.

I understand the fears of the crew, but also the desperation of the migrants. Ultimately the crew was never in real danger.

The Republican Party may cancel primaries so that there can be no challenge to the bully.

Will they cancel the general election next?

It is no coincidence Boeing, Facebook, Wells Fargo and Bayer-Monsanto have treated human beings with contempt. These are examples of the the systematic corruption of our political system by Plutocratists. The agencies that were set up to keep them in check now work for them. The elected officials that are supposed to represent us represent them instead.

Sad to say, it isn't just the Republicans. "Centrist" or "moderate" Democrats are their second line of defense.