Wind and solar look far more expensive than they appear on the basis of levelized costs

I'd Rather Hug Putin's Bear

Yezidis, Iraq

Hyping the hype, they create monster myths that romanticize the current leader of the Islamic State who behead, crucify and bury alive those they mercilessly hunt down

Don't look for justice - we no longer have a 'Justice' Department; the President is always on vacation; and Congress just joined him

Trudeau’s views about transparency: His beloved middle class just isn’t as important as he pretends it is

Importing Dangerous Diseases

Far removed from the riots and shootings

Proposed federal ban on all Internet gambling that also contemplates sweeping changes to long-standing lottery business practices

Put your money where your mouth is

Now Vitter’s shown once again he’s a man with no loyalty to his constituents

A line that will show up in Republican campaign ads this election cycle

Unreal

Bryher Tree by Paul Hoare from St Agnes, Cornwall

U.S. Anti-Coal Dominoes Hit BRICS Wall

Attrition need not be the exclusive weapon of the weaker party

Many of Israel’s most amazing contributions to the world – from the DiskOnKey to the PillCam –result from its existential need for innovation in the military.

The Obama administration released 2,226 immigrant detainees, 617 of whom had criminal convictions.

Feeling the Squeeze

Urgent Appeal to UN High Commissioner Navi Pillay to Stop Genocide in Iraq

Terrorism.

Carter has never met a despot -- from Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev to Bashar Assad and his father, Hafez, to the gang that runs Hamas -- that he didn’t like

Part 3: My Spirit is Broken: Will the New Statin Guidelines Do More Harm Than Good?

Death of Robin Williams The romance of the fall always ends in shadow. The end of character is also the death of the soul and the society

Africa, Coal, electricity generation, Obama Administration

The few who have heard of the Thrive 2055 have scant idea of the outcomes beyond the colorful brochures and trendy planner-speak

Other good news for ready access to the Good Book: Nor can captured-by-Obama military bigwigs remove Bible Scripture from the human heart

Benghazi has been deliberately manipulated into a series of meaningless talking points: security failures, lack of diplomatic security, intelligence failures

Hillary Clinton was a failure as the manager of the State Department, America's top diplomat. Sadder still given her inept performance as Secretary of State, people are hoping she will run for president