Relating the overprotectiveness about speakers at universites to overprotectiveness of raising children.

The "president" tyrant of Turkmenistan treats the country as his personal toy.

The replacement of coal with other energy sources in US electric generation is basically inevitable, because coal is too expensive.

This would be an occasion for a victory celebration, if not for the fact that natural gas produces greenhouse emissions too. Indeed, getting gas from fracking produces a lot of emissions, and so do methane leaks.

While it's heartening to know that the US is on course to achieve its Paris climate commitments even without the Clean Power Plan, remember that the Paris commitments are not enough to avoid global heating disaster.

People with spare disposable cash frivol it away on luxuries for their pets.

The advantage of a pet over a human friend or mate is that you can project whatever feelings you wish onto the pet, and the pet will never say it's not true.

If Netanyahu controls the US congress as it appears he does, he can make it kill the nuclear disarmament deal with Iran.