*New York attorney general alleges Trump firm misled banks and tax officials.*

Questioning the wrecker himself for a civil suit might be a mistake, since it would require giving him immunity from prosecution, and that would be most unfortunate.

* Keynes argued that aiding our allies is more effective than sanctioning our foes.*

Sanctions are not very effective, so I suppose this is true.

The difficulty about aiding allies is that it costs money. Governments that are prostrate from having lowered taxes on the rich are not in a position to do this very much — and likewise the other good things they ought to do.

Some deep-water coral reefs seem to be safe from world-wide coral damage.

What I wonder is, can all the coral species that live in shallow reefs also live in deep reefs?

* More than a thousand crows roost in Sunnyvale every night, ruffling locals’ feathers with caws and droppings.* At least they do it with good caws.

Can Buffy slay crows?

A prescribed burn in Texas got out of control and now needs to be treated as a wildfire.

The US does not do enough prescribed burns, and that insufficiency makes fires more dangerous when they eventually happen. But part of the reason for the insufficiency is that they are risky. Global heating makes them more risky.