About the Congressional panel that investigated the insurrection of 1860.

*The moral case for destroying fossil fuel infrastructure.* (And for canceling fossil fuel contracts by fiat.)

I previously suggested that Pacific island nations whose territory is being inundated by global heating could declare war on Australia and counterattack by sinking some of Australia's coal-export ships.

It should be possible to do that in ways that allow the ships' crew to get away in lifeboats.

They are starting to organize pressure on Australia and such.

Qatar's fancy hotels, recommended by the football association FIFA, pay their workers about a dollar per hour.

Since the government forbids them to leave Qatar, they are effectively slaves of their employer. To the extent that there are laws to protect workers, the hotels violate them with impunity.

How Republicans are using gerrymandering this year to guarantee they get a majority in legislatures with a minority of votes.

The whole Republican Party has signed on to this "by hook or by crook" system of seizing illegitimate power. It's not as violent as a military coup, but in the long term it will kill more people.

Indian politicians have decided that it is easier to ban criticism of the nation's problems than to do something about them.

In effect, they prefer to make people admire India rather than make India admirable.

Every country has such exploiters. What is so bad for India is that the ruling party and its supporters take that stance. Supporters of the BJP are saying, "Don't make things better, lie to us instead." That request will surely be granted.