14 of the most modern tanks would do Ukraine some good, but that is not enough to win. Estimates are that victory would require on the order of 100 tanks.

Tanks are far from invulnerable in battle, even though rifle fire bounces off them. 14 tanks, even if they are superior to the enemy's tanks, will not last long if they fight day after day. If in a large battle the Putin forces lose 50 tanks and Ukraine loses 10, we would say that the battle went Ukraine's way, but at the strategic level it would be a defeat for Ukraine. It would put an end to Ukraine's attacking with tanks.

Britons must stop fearing to slam the Tories for ruining the NHS because of their anti-state ideology.

The idea of "shrinking the state" is absurd, because we need the state to do many vital jobs. In practice, governments that say they will "shrink the state" are practicing "squeeze-up" economics: squeeze the people at the bottom of the economy, so that money flows out at the top to the rich.

How fast will hotter ocean water melt the Thwaites Glacier and raise sea level? We still don't know, but hotter ocean water can melt several meters in a century.

Over 80,000 Israelis protested against recent attacks against democracy and human rights by Israel's extremist right-wing government.

The @irony{Office of Hypersenstivity} at the University of Southern California has ruled the term "field work" taboo. Reportedly this decision stems from a concern to protect people, on seeing or hearing the term "field work", from being reminded of the slaves in the 1800s that worked in farm fields.

Nowadays some slaves are forced to work in nail salons, so there is a proposal to make the word "nail" taboo. The proposal is that nails, when used in construction, be referred to as "hammer targets" to avoid reminding anyone of nail salons. One complicating factor is that other slaves are forced to work in construction and may use nails; no one knows what to do about that.

Enslavement is a grave crime, whether the slaves are forced to work on farms, in nail salons , in construction, or anything else. Our governments should do more to prevent it. But that's no reason to mess up the English language.