*Paris residents set to vote on plan to triple parking charges for SUVs.*

The extra parking charge would be good, since it would discourage SUVs. But parking is only one of the areas in which SUVs do harm. They make collusions more damaging to pedestrians and people in other vehicles, and they increase pollution. The SUV penalty should be bigger and apply everywhere.

The UK's decaying post office shows Americans what DeJoy is aiming to achieve here.

Alleging local business magnates illegally contributed indirectly to the re-election campaign of NYC night-mayor Adams.

The reason to do this would be to buy support for their interests, and that would not work unless Adams knew what policies he had to support or block in order to earn those contributions.

Ohio is voting on a constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering in that state, by having an independent commission draw the electoral districts.

Human Rights Watch reports that *human rights are in decline globally as leaders fail to uphold laws.*