US citizens: call on Senator Klobuchar to oppose the Line 3 oil pipeline.

Three tax havens under the control of the British crown have agreed to make companies register their owners, but not until 4 years from now.

I have to wonder if they hope to cancel the promise before it comes time to carry it out.

Women Outperform Men After Japan Medical School Stops Rigging Exam Scores.

If the fraction of women applying rises to 50%, this will raise the question of whether to let in some less-qualified men for the sake of diversity.

Prisons in the UK have many prisoners who are not really criminals. "It is a different type of person in prison now. You can go because you are homeless, because you are a squatter, for not paying your TV license or sending your kids to school."

The district attorney of St Louis has made a list of visibly racist thugs, and refuses to prosecute charges based on their say-so.

This is valid. Prosecutors' duty is not convicting whoever they can; it is doing justice. Charges submitted by racist thugs are very likely to be false, so it is correct to disregard them. There is no need to wait for each of them to be caught individually in a firing offence before discounting their accusations.

I think that display of racist attitude ought to be a firing offense, for thugs — especially if the goal is to convert it into a police department whose cops are police officers — but making that so may be difficult.