China's birth rate fell 15% in 2020. This is being considered a problem.

China is overusing its natural systems, like many other countries. Now that most Chinese are not horribly poor — a very good thing, in itself — they have pushed agriculture to the point of causing problems for the land. China imports large number of pigs, too. If China's population drops to half a billion, it will reach a better balance.

Perhaps the decreased birth rate can enable China to cancel some of then new coal-fired power plants it is planning to build in coming years.

As for the predicted economic problems of an aging population, adjustment in policies can handle them, for the few decades that they last.

California is considering a bill to prevent companies from using NDAs to gag workers about any sort of discrimination in the company.

I support this. And why not include other things that businesses should not be allowed to conceal, such as practices that endanger the public? Consider the examples of tobacco companies and oil companies.

The British Army fought hard to suppress publication of a book that revealed its incompetence, both personal and structural.

We should not, however, blame the British Army in 2003 for having few in its ranks who had fought in combat. It was a good thing that the UK went 20 years without fighting a war.

US subway stations suffer from extremely high levels of particulate pollution.

What amazes me most is that it varies greatly from one station to another. This implies that much of the problem is due to very local causes, that could be corrected quickly and easily.

The Labor Party of Australia has proposed to give contractors many of the same rights that employees have, including minimum wage, sick leave, pension, and right to unionize.

It's not the "Alternative Liberal Party" anymore.