George Monbiot questions the moral basis of turning land, once and forever, into perpetually inheritable property.

Jet Blue's management is trying very hard to badmouth the idea of a union for for its workers.

An Australian MP was served with an official complaint for hugging someone.

Encouraging hypersensitivity to the slightest act of affection — on the grounds that affection hints at sex — is cruel and threatens to ruin lives for no reason.

I understand how some hugs can be uncomfortable. We all need to learn to b sensitive to whether someone else wants to be hugged. But that's not as easy as falling off a log, since people may cover up their preference not to be hugged. Nobody can be expected to read minds.

So we have to forgive people for small errors like that.

Guaidó's mentor is unabashedly opposed to "socialism", meaning government programs designed to help the poor.

Australia's prisoners on Nauru have been kept waiting for years after doctors said they needed to be sent to Australia for specialist medical care.