Azeri journalist Khadija Ismayilova, freed from 18 months as a political prisoner, will resume investigating government corruption.

The worst possible argument for talking Britain out of the EU: reducing tax on heating oil.

It would be easy for the state to help poor people cope with these costs: increase welfare benefits for the poor, to an extent that covers what the poor pay in VAT on oil. (Or even more, why not?) For the poor, this would be equivalent; meanwhile, the wealthier would still pay the tax, and the poor would still have an incentive to use less fossil fuel.

The idea of cutting taxes on fossil fuels, instead of cutting their subsidies, reflects a planet roaster.

Citizens of Massachusetts: call on the legislator to vote on GMO Food labelling bill and pass it.

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US citizens: call on everyone to reject China's future puppet Dalai Lama.

US citizens: call on your congresscritter to block the sneak attack on Net Neutrality.