"Papua New Guinea's students have a point. [Prime Minister] Peter O'Neill should talk to them, not send police."

Something Ain’t Right About Bill Clinton Eulogizing Muhammad Ali.

I don't care about athletics or people's success in them. But I admire Muhammad Ali for refusing to join the US Army to help one dictator fight another dictator for power in Vietnam.

In 2015, estimated human greenhouse gas emissions decreased.

This is like learning that the car you're riding in, which is heading for a cliff you can't see, has stopped accelerating. Now we need to slow it down and turn it around.

Erdoğan can now prosecute and remove opposition MPs. With them gone, he will be able to change the constitution and make himself effectively dictator.

A Russian performance artist who set fire to the door of the spy agency FSB has been freed with a fine.

I wish the US could be counted on respect dissent this way.