*The pandemic is an opportunity to reconsider what makes a good life.*

Is publishing a book denouncing the conman enough repentance to forgive Michael Cohen for decades of serving him?

*Rise in carbon capture as global warming speeds growth of forests would be negated by earlier deaths, say scientists.*

I wonder if we could counteract that by cutting down those trees while they are large, then somehow preserving the wood from decay. But that is a far-fetched idea, and if it doesn't work, we must stop letting companies distract us with "carbon offsets" and "net carbon emissions" and accept no substitute for less emission.

*'Horrifically Catastrophic': Report Finds So-Called US War on Terror Has Displaced as Many as 59 Million People.*

On the other hand, it might be as few as 37 million people — which is still a global calamity.

Thugs in Salt Lake City answered a 9-1-1 call from a woman who said her unarmed 13-year-old son was uncontrollably upset. They treated him as if he were an armed and dangerous gangster.

The shots did not kill him, but after those injuries he may wish they had.

This is a precise example of the reason behind "Defund the police". The city should have sent an unarmed team of calmers and deescalaters, not thugs.