US citizens: call on Congress to restore voting rights to citizens in prison.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

If you phone, please spread the word!

*Property insurance disappears for Louisianans -- but not for gas facilities.*

I think I know the reason for this. Fossil fuel extraction is so profitable that the planet roasters can afford to pay very high insurance rates. And they do so.

Meanwhile, most homeowners can't afford that much so they have to go without insurance instead.

Helping people cope with disasters is part of the government's mission. The government has the responsibility to provide insurance to cover people's losses, and at the same time move their rebuilding to safer building methods and safer locations.

Moreover, when something humanly controllable is making disasters systematically worse, government has the responsibility to counteract that change.

In the past, making disasters less likely was done with drainage and seawalls. Nowadays the job must include curbing global heating.

Robert Reich: the 2024 election must be a referendum on the corrupter's fascism, rather than on Biden. The expected indictment for his coup attempt can bring this about.

A set of basic lifestyle changes give humans a much longer life.

Recently I recalculated my body-mass index and discovered I was overweight. Hooray, I shouted, because I was no longer obese! I have lost 40 lbs in the past 2.5 years. Part of the way I did this is by walking half an hour on most days,

*Extreme heat (and its danger to workers' lives) is key issue in UPS contract talks.*