*This is the legacy of Britain's year of Covid: power unchecked, scrutiny sidelined.*

The UK government published a study of racism in the UK, whose main thrust seems to be to reassure Britons that the situation is getting better, so there is no need for the state to do anything to make it better.

*The government has reversed progress and betrayed black Britons with this divisive and politically motivated document.*

*Fracking brings pollution, not wealth, to Navajo land.*

I am not surprised. Businesses employ negotiators whose job is to make bad deals sound good.

*These 7 ways of taxing the rich would generate more than $6 trillion over 10 years.* In other words, 600 billion or so per year. (Reporting costs and benefits on an annual basis keeps them all comparable.)

Eliminating the "stepped-up cost basis" rule would be entirely justified for billionaires, but if it applies to your parents' apartment you would probably be unable to inherit it. I suggest maintaining that rule only for the deceased's primary residence. Rich people generally have a smaller fraction of their assets in their primary residence than non-rich.

*Why are desperate refugees turning up on the U.S. border? Because we have offloaded the costs of the drug war on Latin America.*