*The US ultra-rich justify their low tax rates with three myths — all of them rubbish.*

* [A UN] Report says policies of high interest rates and austerity risk triggering global recession that will hit developing nations hardest.*

Beware of right-wing domination and indoctrination in US colleges and universities.

Arguably, Russians fleeing to avoid being conscripted have a valid claim for asylum under international treaties.

That is an interesting argument, but it ought not to be secondary. If a country wants to support Ukraine, it would be utterly foolish not to help Russians avoid fighting for Putin against Ukraine. Isn't this obvious? I can't understand how officials can miss this.

Elon Musk proposed to consign 20 million people to Chinese repression for the sake of his profits.

China has gone out of its way to show, in Hong Kong, how little its promises of a "special administrative zone" are worth. Musk evidently hopes people will choose to forget this because they fawn on him so much.