Thom Hartmann: *The Commodification of the Commons Is Killing Us All*

I use the term "plutocracy" to refer to the political philosophy he rebukes.

The Supreme Court surprisingly intervened and blocked the appeals court's temporary ruling that would have greatly limited access to mifepristone.

The result is that sales of the drug, even by remote orders, are still lawful.

This is like a game of reversi.

The giant accounting company EY offered to split up into an accounting company and a consulting company. That split would limit opportunities and temptation for corruption. The US objected to a detail of the plan.

I wonder what the objection was. Was the US protecting corruption? Or was EY's plan designed to play a fast one?

The difference between Teixeira, who leaked secret military memos this year, and whistleblowers such as Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, is a matter of motive. The whistleblowers wanted to serve the public; Teixeira was motivated by bad wishes.

We must revise the Espionage Act to include a public interest justification. For Manning and Snowden, it would have exonerated them and probably discouraged prosecuting them at all. For Teixeira, it would have changed nothing.

Salafi Arabia and the Houthis are negotiating for peace in Yemen.