*Alaska cancels snow crab season over population decline.

King crabs are in trouble, too.

Although scientists don't know the full cause of the problem, it is clear that global heating plays a role.

Central banks aren't "fighting the last war", they are fighting some dimly remembered war from long ago. According to UNCTAD, it's entirely wrong way to control today's inflation.

US Muslims join with US Christians to advocate censorship in the name of repression.

Arguing for breaking diplomatic relations with Russia, on the grounds that Putin does not want peace except on the basis of conquest, and his "negotiations" and "diplomacy" are all dishonest.

That's 90% true, but I am not convinced. Even though there is no hope that diplomacy will lead to an acceptable peace now, that may change in the coming year. We should be ready for that. In the mean time, there are other issues to be discussed, and some of them are important. The Ukraine food export deal, by itself, is no small thing for the poor people of the world.

Two soldiers being trained by the Putin forces opened fire on the other trsinees, causing many casualties before they were killed.

Things like this happened repeatedly in the Afghan government army which was supported by the US.

Those soldiers were not from Russia, and volunteered for the Russian army. It bespeaks powerful hatred, though I am not sure what they hate or why.