The Tea Party is being split between grassroots that support home solar power and the business-funded part that obeys the Koch brothers.

A UK agency ruled against placing license plate recognition cameras on all roads leading to the town of Royston.

However, there is no sign of any plan to limit the network that tracks car travel around the UK.

The Bahrain tyranny threatens violence against those who commemorate the anniversary of 2011 protests.

This tyranny receives the firm support of the US government and its tyrannical regional allies.

War crimes tribunals have set a high bar for proving that high officials are responsible for war crimes carried out when they were not present.

There will be times that underlings commit war crimes that their superiors did not approve, or would not have approved. It would be unjust to hold the superiors responsible for that. However, they can be held responsible for not taking action against the perpetrators.

Eastern European Autocrats Pose New Test for Democracy.

A Hungarian friend tells me that Orbán has chipped away at democracy and civil society to the extent that it is nearly impossible to challenge his power, but has avoided the sort of harsh measures that would make lots of Hungarians wish to try. So it is a nondemocratic regime, but not actively oppressive.