Debunking the Philadelphia thugs' cynical report: in fact, some bystanders did take action when a rape was committed on a Philadelphia subway train.

*The State of the Climate report for 2021: Extreme weather events are "the new norm". *

New York State's new greenhouse emissions regulations have blocked construction new gas-fired generators.

Governments democratic in form have not made an adequate effort to curb global heating in time, but authoritarian rulers are generally doing much worse.

The article suggests, and I agree, that more and better democracy is what we need. I put a name to the problem: plutocracy, where democracy ought to be.

Africa is plagued by anti-vax Christian churches.

We have observed similar problems with Christian sects in the US and South Korea, and with Jews sects in the US and in Israel.