The conman's "infrastructure program" was meant as a give-away to business, but the US really does need to build and maintain its infrastructure. It should do so in a way that protects the environment and reduces global heating.

It turns out to be difficult to avoid buying soybeans grown on deforested land. I think the demand for soybeans is so high that any beans that are grown will be bought by someone.

The demand for soybeans is high because people are eating so much meat. Indeed, a large fraction of Americans eat so much meat that it is dangerous for their health. It also fuels global heating, through cattle-generated methane as well as through deforestation. Perhaps the real solution is to tax meat so much that people won't eat so much meat.

Loujain al-Hathloul, who campaigned in Salafi Arabia for women's right to drive and has been jailed almost three years, now faces some sort of charges of terrorism.

US citizens: call on the FCC not to bend rules for Faux News and the Murdoch family.

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Biden to do better than Obama did in respecting freedom of the press.