Given the repeated acts of terror (war against civilians) carried out by the Putin forces, we must treat Russia as a terrorist state.

I don't think that this offers a magic way to alter the direction of the war. I don't think that the countries which now do business with Russia will pay attention.

The possibility of resuming Obama's non-nuclear deal with Iran is fast ebbing away.

The blame for this falls on the wrecker, who cancelled the deal for his own personal ambition (the main reason for everything political he does).

Secondarily, it seems to fall on the Iranian hard-liners, for preferring to make Iran a nuclear power, and on Biden, who gave insufficient priority to avoiding that.

US citizens: call on Congress to legislate to protect same-sex marriage.

US citizens: call on Congress to demand accountability from executive agencies for supporting war crimes in Yemen.

US citizens: call on Marsh insurance not to insure the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.