Cooper Union has removed all gender signs from its toilets.

It would be useful, however, to indicate which ones have urinals, since some people may want to use a urinal, and others may prefer not to see exposed penises.

Obama is choosing drug treatment over drug repression, to reduce heroin addiction.

This much is good, but I am still concerned about the War on Pain Sufferers.

France's plans to punish convicted terrorists by loss of citizenship have been defeated.

Hooray! Alas, some other countries have similar plans, but this may deal them a setback.

This measure was never conceived as a rational scheme to reduce terrorism.

Global heating will cause bigger heat waves and floods, which could cause large numbers of people to get sick at once. The UK's medical system could be overwhelmed. That is probably true in other places as well.

Sperm whales are dying from filling their stomachs with floating plastic waste.