A list of possible ways to counter PISSI.

Only the gullible thought that killing Osama bin Laden was going to achieve anything. (And the US should have captured him and put him on trial, since it was in a position to do so.)

Greater uncertainty about climate change means bigger risks and more reason to act.

If we don't want to take a foolish bet, with civilization at stake, we must work hard enough to make survival almost certain.

Paris Climate Talks: Vulnerable Countries Demand 1.5C Warming Limit.

We all need this, because we can't measure the distance to the cliff — all we know is that we are heading towards it.

Michigan has made it easier for possibly dangerous people to get licenses to carry concealed guns.

Gun nuts say they are opposed to the government's "taking their guns away." But this shows that their goal is not a matter of keeping guns, but rather expanding the possession and use of guns.

(There may be some guns that ought to be taken away from everyone.)

The EPA should carry out independent tests of the effects of Dow's new dual pesticide, not accept Dow's own experiments.

Fish are disappearing from Cambodia's giant lake Tonle Sap. 1/3 of the protein eaten by Cambodians comes from those fish.