Californians are voting on a big and expensive loan from a commercial bank. Using a public bank could save billions, over time.

Cash means freedom -- beware the "cashless society". It's bad for you for the same reasons it is good for Apple.

10% of plastic debris in the sea comes from abandoned fishing nets. A company is now recycling discarded nets to reduce this.

This is a good way to call attention to the problem, but cannot directly fix more than a tiny part of it. Perhaps there should be a refundable deposit on plastic fishing nets, just as on plastic drink bottles.

Hawkish Hillary -- the danger we will face if we don't elect Jill Stein.

"It may be too late. In which case, hey, build the [Heathrow] runway. We might as well die prosperous."