Rex Iverson was killed by an emergency visit to the hospital. Not by the treatment, but by being jailed later because he could not pay the bill.

He had every reason to expect to spend his life in jail, working for a few cents an hour to pay it. No wonder he committed suicide instead.

The commercial marketplace depends on companies to take risks which could lead them to fail. Public services must be stable and accountable. Therefore, companies should never be entrusted with providing public services.

The UN says that North Korea sent Syria equipment for missiles and chemical weapons.

Switzerland, yielding to US copyright bullies, plans to require all web sites to actively censor new postings to prevent copyright infringement.

These automatic censorship systems make lots of mistakes, but the worst injustice is their contribution to the War on Sharing.

I hope the Swiss people vote to reject this law and tell the copyright bullies to jump in the lake.

Global heating can harm fruit trees by denying them the winter cold they need.