House Logging Bill (HR 2936) Guts Federal Environmental Laws, Literally Privatizes Public Lands, Creates Logging Free-for-All.

The heat wave is causing physical injury to homeless people in Arizona.

A century from now, with higher temperatures everywhere, such injury could cover large parts of the US. In some places, heat waves could be fatal to all humans not protected by air conditioning or underground shelters.

Ralph Nader: [plutocrats are] Closing Democracy's Doors Until the People Open Them.

China is turning Xinjiang into a totalitarian system of repression. This is presented as a scheme to crush Islamist terrorism (and Uygur separatism, which is not the same thing). But this sort of repression is much worse than terrorism.

Americans, take this as a lesson of what the US will be like if we don't stop it.

Turkey has surrendered to ignorance as well as tyranny: schools will no longer teach evolution.

The West must respect the nuclear deal with Iran, or that deal may fall apart. In particular, this means no more military provocations.