George Gascón, district attorney of Los Angeles, is trying to institute criminal justice reform in the face of massive opposition from those who believe the purpose of justice is cruelty.

The US is designing a new ICBM because the businesses that will build it have steered the consideration of the question.

That leaves the question of what the US ought to do. I can't rigorously prove this, but I think that the existing ICBMs are in effect a doomday machine, because a Russian attack intended to destroy them would require so many nuclear weapons as to cause a nuclear winter. Does anyone know whether that is true?

If that is true, there is no need to try to "improve" the ICBMs.

*All in it together? The pandemic's losers could soon be left behind.*

Those who could stay home during Covid-19 are exaggerating their suffering; the people who had to go to a store or factory to work, or become homeless, have had it far worse.

*Help Hong Kong residents flee before it's too late.* China is imposing a law to block anyone, arbitrarily, from leaving Hong Kong, Other countries should help Hong Kongers flee before then. I expect that China will block anyone from leaving that it suspects may aim to move permanently.