A teacher says: *Low grades are not a sign of lazy students. Low grades are not a sign of unintelligent students. In my experience, low grades mean something is wrong.*

We should allow prisoners to vote.

In some parts of the US, systemic racism includes systematically imprisoning blacks. That, combined with barring prisoners from voting, has the effect of systematically suppressing blacks' votes.

Proposals for modifying US agricultural policy to defend the climate.

I agree with the article in its criticism of "carbon markets" — which means, trading credits for emissions — but a tax on greenhouse gas emissions is a different story. Such a tax, with the tax rate scheduled by law to increase annually, will be totally predictable.

One thing not mentioned in the article is the need to discourage eating so much meat.

It looks like neither the House nor the Senate will support reversing the election and pretending that the wrecker won it. (To do that would require both houses of Congress to decide to.)

That is a good thing — but would it be good if Republicans tried and failed? It would make the hostility between the parties so visible that no one could deny that "bipartisanship" is a fantasy and "compromise" means surrender. If the Democrats win the Georgia Senate run-offs, that awareness might be what is needed to convince them to eliminate the filibuster and pass laws that Republicans don't like.

A not-entirely-serious proposal to divide the US into two countries, the one where Republicans dominate and the one where Democrats dominate.

It could not be implemented in practice, for a host of reasons.