Nicaragua's planned canal would destroy and pollute forests where endangered species live.

I have to wonder whether a railroad might do a better job. Now that containers make it quick and easy to load and unload ships, the time it takes to move cargo from ship to train is only a matter of how long a ship must wait to be unloaded. Building more port facilities can reduce that to any level.

A train line could carry the containers from one shore to the other faster than a ship could go through the canal. If one train line isn't enough, even ten parallel tracks would hurt the forest and the surrounding inhabitants less than a canal.

Animals can run across the tracks, but it would be easy to make bridges across the train lines since trains are much less tall than ships.

The misogyny of ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel spills over constantly to seating on airlines.

When it happens on airlines, it is funny, but in Israel it makes secular Jews think of emigrating. I don't think Arabs will destroy Israel (most of the governments no longer even say they want to). Orthodox theocracy will do it.

Apple may have to return tens of millions of euros in illegal state funds to the Irish state.

Gitmo Hunger Strikes Are a Cry for Help. Why Is the US Fighting Back with Secret Torture?

A former LA Times reporter, covering the CIA, showed his stories to the CIA to get approval of them.