Privatization of electric generation in Argentina was supposed to attract investment, but the companies extracted money instead of investing.

Quantifying the social cost of carbon emissions might encourage governments and companies to take necessary steps.

If you understand that global heating is probably leading to disaster, and we don't know exactly how far away the disaster is, you don't need to a measure of the cost of short-term effects. However, that measure may help to convince short-term-minded people.

Everyone: support the Feb 11 action against NSA surveillance.

To fight surveillance effectively, our target must go beyond the NSA. Other branches of government do surveillance too; we must limit license plate recognizers and face recognizers even if they are run by local governments.

The root of surveillance is when digital systems record data about people. We must demand the redesign of digital systems to retain little data about people in general.

Feminist playwright Meltem Arikan was driven out of Turkey by threats from fanatical supporters of the ruling party.

They accuse her experimental play Mi Minor of being a plan for the Gezi Park protests.

Two points Gates does not mention when criticizing Obama about Afghanistan.

Notwithstanding these points, Obama is ultimately responsible for his decisions.