A Samoan airline is charging its passengers by weight. Is this discrimination, or a move to end discrimination?
Category: Political issues
Public opinion and the Supreme Court
Nate Silver works his magic on public opinion and same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court may be listening.
Anti-gay forces not giving up
In France and America same-sex marriage is facing last-ditch resistance. There may be more to it than just fear of the gays.
Clipping back copyright overreach
The US Supreme Court strikes a blow against the ambitious claims of intellectual "property".
Could there be a libertarian Republican?
After being cheerleaders for authoritarianism for so long, some Republicans are starting to move a little in the other direction. Kentuckian Rand Paul is their spokesman.
Copyright isn’t just for cyberspace
Publishers are out to stop Indian universities from photocopying their books, proving that you can fight over intellectual "property" without even going near the internet.
News Limited still at it ten years on
News Limited appears to have learned nothing and forgotten nothing in ten years. Then it was Iraq, now it's media regulation.
The drawn-out death of capital punishment
Forty years ago, capital punishment in America was on the way out. Now it seems to be again, but there's been a long detour in the meantime.
Well, hello sequester
Tomorrow, the US government has to start the process of cutting $85 billion in spending. The cuts may eventually be halted by a broad budget agreement, but don't hold your breath.
What Wilders means
The sponsors of Geert Wilders are being reticent about the details of his speaking engagements, but there's little doubt that his views strike a chord with many Australians.
The World is Not Enough 