Increasing the US minimum wage saves a few thousands of lives per year per dollar of increase, simply by reducing suicides.

People should have the right to kill themselves, and to get help. But a good society will avoid driving people to the despair that leads to suicide.

I am confident that the minimum wage increase saves even more lives by enabling people to afford food and medicine.

The Environmental Poisoning Agency (formerly Environmental Protection Agency) approved over 100 products using toxic pesticides it previously committed to eventually prohibit.

Globalization has decoupled US companies from Americans. The success of the former means little for the latter. The "success" of the bullshitter's deal with Russia is entirely for the former.

*Iran admits shooting down Ukrainian airliner 'unintentionally' — state TV*

This mistake was very sad, but the only moral lesson to be drawn is that it would be good for the US and Iran to reduce tensions.

The New York City Bar Association called on Congress to investigate the US Attorney General for partisan use of his official powers.