The Olympic Games organizers in South Korea knocked down a 500-year-protected forest with trees even older. They say they will make another one on the same site after the games.

This reminds me of a Roman joke. When Mummius looted Corinth, he confided some famous old art works to a ship captain for transport and said, "Remember, if you damage these, you will have to provide replacements just like them."

Each day, 1/3 of US children eat fast food.

I would guess that they include many poor children, whose parents have trouble paying for fast food but can't provide anything else, because they are working long hours, because they have no cooking facilities, or because nothing else is available in their "food desert".

Donald Trump's speaking technique is a form of a href="https://reason.com/blog/2015/09/15/trump-as-political-pick-up-artist-the-do ">"negging" — meant to pressure the American people into bed with him.

Mergers between US medical insurance companies could paradoxically be a good thing. If they all merge, the resulting organization could be nationalized and merged with Medicare.

Scott Walker wants drug tests for people applying for food stamps, as if anyone that smokes pot deserves to starve.

Occasionally smoking pot does not incapacitate a person. Why should it even matter, unless you're looking for someone to demonize?