The US should require a license to have or carry a gun, just as it requires a license to drive a car.

The US is planning to pressure other countries to move faster to curb global heating, after announcing plans to do that itself.

This is what all countries should have done starting 20 years ago or more, and they would have done so if not for the influence of the planet roasters.

Better late than never, but we hope it is not too late.

The principal union of US coal miners has accepted the need to put an end to coal mining.

This raises a number of issues of justice.

The miners have the duty, like the mine owners, to cooperate fully with rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions as well as toxic pollution.

Former miners, present and future, deserve the things that the union now demands for them. They deserve this not as an exchange for ceasing to campaign against civilization's survival, but because all unemployed and retired people deserve those benefits, to the extent we can provide them. They are parts of a proper welfare system.

One demand is to properly clean up and close abandoned mines. That is a necessary part of reducing the toxic pollution over the long term.

Disinfecting surfaces is much less important, for preventing Covid-19, than wearing a mask, keeping distance from other people, and frequently washing hands.

The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act would invest in public housing to build more, make it cheaper and safer to live in, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and achieve this by making good jobs.