Ralph Nader reports on Wendell Berry's condemnation of "free trade".

To quote Berry, "Unsurprisingly, among people who wish to preserve things other than money -– for instance, every region’s native capacity to produce essential goods -– there is a growing perception that the global "free market" economy is inherently an enemy to the natural world, to human health and freedom to industrial workers, and to farmers and others in the land-use economies; and, furthermore, that it is inherently an enemy to good work and good economic practice."

California has joined Connecticut in passing a law to shield abortion providers and patients from lawsuits in other states.

This is a useful partial step, but a woman that wants to travel from Texas to California for an abortion will need transport in Texas to reach California. California laws can't shield a person or company in Texas that provides that transport.

Also, if a state makes it a crime to travel to California (for instance) for an abortion, I don't think California can protect those women from prosecution if they returning home afterwards.

I wonder what the Supreme Court would say about the constitutionality of a law in state A that penalizes people for traveling to state B and doing something which is lawful in state B. A reasonable Supreme Court would say that one state can't impose its own jurisdiction on other states. But with the Supreme Court under the control of religious fanatics, ready to tear up all manner of precedents to get their way, I fear that they will construct some excuse to "bless" such laws.

(satire) *Nation's Centrists Stubbornly Double Down On Claim That Roe v. Wade Not At Risk.*

Continued working from home (at least part time) may reduce the demand for office space in London by 20%. If that happens, converting some of that space into residences could be extremely important to provide enough homes.

This will surely not be limited to London. I wonder whether we can get some more housing in Boston this way.

Covid-19 vaccines prevented 20 million deaths in 2021, estimated by a study.

The study estimates that vaccinating 40% of the population of every country — presumably the more vulnerable groups — would have saved 600,000 more lives during that time.