We face two great existential threats today... nuclear war and climate chaos. Hopefully we can keep those tiny hands off the red button, but there is no guarantee. Global warming is so problematic because of our denial combined with the rush to extract as much profit as possible from the fossil fuel industry before its inevitable collapse. Before we despair, it might be wise to reflect on the advice of the fine historian, Howard Zinn:

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness."
"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction."
"And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."

I'm sure you are all aware of the brave struggles of desperate freedom fighters in Syria who toil to free themselves from the grasp of that evil dictator Assad. Well, as it turns out, that story may not be entirely accurate. Much more likely is that it's entirely made-up out of whole cloth... particularly now that we've got the smoking gun(s).

Houston Texans owner Bob McNair supposedly made a gaffe.

To start: I'm a globalist, internationalist sustainable fair trader I believe it is one way to bring peace.

The noises coming out of America's right wing.

America deserves protecting from foreigners.