50 million American schoolchildren today are likely to go through lockdown drills repeatedly in their school careers. I estimate that 100,000 current students will experience a non-drill school lockdown at some time in their lives, and 100 will be killed in school shootings. Do the drills do more good, or more harm?

(satire) *Don Jr. Sends Letter To RNC Begging To Have Likeness Used For Fundraising.*

The wrecker told the RNC a couple of weeks ago to stop using his likeness.

US citizens: call on Congress to reject the "SAFE Tech" act, which would pressure Internet platforms to censor very strictly.

The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

Nationalist fanatics associated with the ruling right-wing nationalist repressive party blocked an annual theater festival, because the titles of some plays to be presented struck them as insufficiently nationalist.

Modi is even worse for India than the wrecker has been for the US.

Diversity training often fails; sometimes it backfires.

Telling me to learn to be "less white, less oppressive" will inspire me to righteous anger. On the other hand, I've found it useful to learn to be less certain, and I'd rather not be arrogant at all.