A gas pipeline exploded in West Virginia — the fourth serious pipeline incident in January.

If you judge the danger of pipelines by the chance you will be near one when it explodes, the danger is tiny. The danger that your water supply will be polluted for years by one is much bigger.

Citizens of Massachusetts: call on your state legislators to support three ACLU-recommended privacy bills.

US citizens: support the plan to tax Wall Street more.

Reducing taxes for working people is a good thing, but that can't possibly be enough to enable them to have a decent life. What they need is higher wages and reduced fees for things such as education and medical care.

US citizens: Support the FAIR act which would greatly curb civil forfeiture.

Obama has failed to institute proper safety regulation for undersea oil drilling, but he wants to open a lot more coastline to drilling.

Advances in oil drilling technology, without corresponding advances in safety practices, have increased the amount of oil likely to spill in the ocean whenever something goes wrong with an oil well.