*Absurd planning policies that create Britain's housing crisis.*

Most US cities and metropolitan areas have become more segregated racially since 1990.

Five thugs from Savannah, Georgia, reported that a suspect committed suicide while they were taking a break from interrogating him. Mysteriously, the cameras all failed to record anything during that time.

Is it plausible that the suspect committed suicide? It seems more plausible to me that the thugs killed him. But there is no proof.

The system has to be changed so that this can't happen again.

A third wave of Covid-19 has started in the UK. It is clear that the government catered to the demands of those who could not defer gratification to save people's lives. However, the government's previous bad leadership undermined its authority and fomented those demands.

When a system behaves badly, the blame falls on the system overall as well as on the people who exploit its flaws. Neither one can make the excuse of blaming the other.

* US study finds households with recent birthdays about 30% more likely to have positive diagnosis [for Covid-19].*

The effect is strongest for children's birthdays. It appears that birthday parties are spreading the disease, and suggests that children are playing a significant role in the spreading.

The study covered most of 2020. It will be interesting to see what happens in the second half of 2021.