It's not too late to stop Antarctica from melting … if we try really hard.

It is too late to save Miami and New Orleans from eventual inundation. But many other cities can still be saved, if we act strongly enough.

Saudi Arabia has destroyed a UNESCO-listed medieval town in Yemen.

This town was not as precious as the 1800-year-old city of Palmyra, which in turn was not precious as the 4000-year-old sites in Iraq that were looted after the Bush forces conquered Iraq. But that does not excuse the Saudi actions.

Thugs in Savannah tortured Matthew Ajibade to death, The torture included tasing his genitals while he was strapped down.

Years of Republican misrule set up South Carolina to make the hurricane do a lot more damage.

The US-trained Afghan army, like the US-trained Iraqi army, shows a tendency to panic and run when attacked by numerically inferior forces.

I predicted years ago that this would follow the path of Vietnamization.