The low price of oil may be Saudi Arabia's plan to hurt Russia and Iran.

The article speculates that it may cause a big decrease in oil production a few years from now. I hope that leads to more renewables installation then, but it would be better to have a high oil price now to incentivize renewables now.

The NSA and its friends undermine general internet security in many ways.

The NSA has created a web of cooperating companies. It helps protect them from cracking, and they allow help the NSA spy on others.

Brazil's new Agriculture minister is the obedient servant of big agribusiness and will energetically promote deforestation.

Israel arrested members of an anti-Arab hate group, accusing them of various violent acts.

The UK has used bail conditions to arbitrarily ban hundreds of activists from protests.

The bogus charges are dropped eventually, but in the mean time, democracy is the loser.