*At Sun Valley each year, the billionaires are feted by the mere millionaires; the millionaires drum up enough deals to allow them to buy their third and fourth homes; and somewhere down the line, you can get a job as a housekeeper for one of those homes. This is the wondrous model of American capitalism in action — a tiny handful of wealthy people eat cake, and an entire nation gathers downstream, hoping to snatch up a few falling crumbs.*

Immigrants forced to wear location trackers report that their flaws cause many problems, including getting fired because employers don't want the chance that the deportation thugs might come around.

An effort to develop better location trackers might reduce these problems. However, there are also questions about whether the basic idea is wise and whether the system is systematically unjust. If immigrants are denied their legal rights due to lack of legal advice, we should give them legal advice. If that ensures they show up for their hearings, there is no need to track them.

*We got the bill for having a baby — $37,000.*

DNA matching makes it possible to identify the dog owners that don't clean up the dogs' excrement. And fine them.

Making a DNA database of all people gives governments dangerous power over people. But a DNA database of all dogs is ok, because dogs are not entitled to human rights.

The Amazon is now emitting more CO2 than it is absorbing.