Tax havens are not a fringe phenomenon. They are at the center of dooH niboR. We suffer lack of medical care, hunger, homelessness, occasionally even collapsing bridges, because haven't made rich people and businesses pay their proper share of taxes.

Sometimes their tax dodging is lawful; sometimes it is a crime. I consider that a secondary detail, because either way the primary point is that we have to put a stop to it.

Who is morally to blame — the system, or those who abuse it? Both are!

Australian protesters face criminal charges for dropping banners from the roof of the Sydney opera house.

The repression of protesters in Australia is not as severe as what it did to the boat people, but it reflects the same general attitude.

Bloomberg's war on coal now targets European coal-burning electric generators.

Ceasing to burn coal means at least less toxic pollution to breathe today. But in order for it to mean less greenhouse emission, we must avoid replacing it with burning natural gas.

The owner of the New England Patriots (a football team) owns a Bermuda company set up not to disclose his income.

Presumably this is tax dodging.

The right-wing bigots worked with billionaires, and perhaps with Russia, to make the bully president. Now they will work to protect him from Mueller's investigation.