Thugs in St Louis shut down peaceful protests, then engaged a mass chant saying that the city's streets belong to the thugs, not to the inhabitants.

They owe all the citizens of St Louis an apology.

It's bad enough that Liar Spicer is being honored, but even worse, Dubya's war launchers are being honored too.

Australia's record-breaking winter is 2C hotter than normal.

Many Americans now believe the generalization that experts can't do any good, so we should not take advantage of their expertise.

It reminds me of the belief, clearly false, that the government can't do any good, so we should not use it to solve our problems.

The latter belief was painstakingly inculcated by right-wing activists and paid PR, especially starting under President Reagan. I wonder if right-wing activists and paid PR have taught the first one, too.

China is now dragging poor countries into debt servitude just as the US and Europe used to do.