A Dutch woman visiting Qatar reported that she was drugged and raped. In accord with Shari'a law, she now faces charges of adultery.

Shari'a law is especially cruel to women, but it is unjust to men as well. To advocate Islamic law is to oppose human rights, which is why Salafi Arabia opposed the universal declaration of human rights.

We must respect people's right to advocate that system, but they deserve our disgust as well as our opposition.

Greenpeace accuses palm oil company IOI of illegally converting protected peatland into plantations.

It is not unusual for companies' "social responsibility" policies to be meaningless noises.

Here is what Australia must do to save the Great Barrier Reef.

How America's Mass Shooters Now Use Weapons of War.

Peabody Energy funded dozens of global heating denialist front groups.

SCROTUS have now been paid to take a stand against the carbon tax that is necessary to slow global heating.

It is a mistake to make the carbon tax revenue-neutral, because the US needs to spend more money on many things. We should provide increased help to people with low incomes, so that they can cope with the new tax, but we should aim to tax the rich a lot more.