Antibiotics are now failing for many patients. There is active research on new ways to fight bacteria, but don't take for granted that we will succeed.

US universities are competing for big endowments, which they pay no taxes on. This distorts the system in many ways.

The NHS in Britain sends private debt collectors to harass people in penury to pay for medical care. In addition to being cruel, it hardly gets any money — only 7% of the debts.

I have a hunch that the debt collectors make off with more than that. The article doesn't give facts to tell whether that is true.

It seems that Mueller will not issue any more indictments, but that doesn't imply that the conman and his henchmen will not later be indicted for crimes based on Mueller's evidence.

Chelsea Manning is being held in solitary confinement.