The US has set a standard for use of air conditioning that won't fit its carbon budget, and the rest of the world is copying it.

The oil price shock of the 1970s made air conditioning (and buildings designed to require it) a public concern. But that did not lead to much change in construction practices.

Back then, I slept in a room without air conditioning. In periods of hot weather, it was too hot for me to sleep, even with a window fan and a fan blowing at me. I wish now that I knew what the temperature was in my room, but I did not get a thermometer because knowing then would have made no difference.

California Senator Pan, a pediatrician by profession, is pushing to make vaccination requirements strict. An anti-vaxxer attacked him on the street.

Bogus Johnson has arranged to shut down Parliament after just one week, to prevent it from doing anything to alter his plan to take the UK out of the EU without any trade deal. Since most MPs are against this, they are trying to pass a law within that one week.

Meanwhile, Bogus is trying to present himself as the people's hero for defeating Parliament. Right-wing authoritarians operate by scapegoating and condemning democratic institutions. Bogus has found a way to combine the two by making Parliament his scapegoat.

Installing red streetlights so bats can cross the road.

President Clinton accepted responsibility for contributing to massive imprisonment in the US.

I think he is mistaken in claiming that his law was an important factor in reducing crime. The crime rate fell in the 1990s because of factors such as removing lead from gasoline in the late 70s.