Iraqis are protesting against unemployment and corruption, and thugs are killing protesters.

In most of the US, a worker of average salary can't afford to buy a home with the median price. And things are getting worse.

Use of the average (mean) to compute the salary to compare tends to understate the problem, since the median wage is likely to be lower than the mean wage.

A significant factor is that new jobs in the US are concentrated in a few very successful cities.

The infant had a tantrum about impeachment while hosting Finland's president for a joint press conference. Everyone there was bullied to pretend it was normal.

Pundits talk about the "imperial presidency" — this is the presidency of Caligula.

North Korea claims to have launched a ballistic missile from a submarine. This makes North Korea a real nuclear threat.

There is nothing the US can safely do to change this; we must simply accept this. Attempting to eliminate North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles with a military attack would court disaster, since anything other than total success would likely result in a nuclear war.

It is possible for two nuclear powers to remain at peace.

I am surprised that North Korea, an impoverished country, has been able to make so much progress in missiles. Has it been receiving continuing help?

[The saboteur's] War on Science Has Hit 'Crisis Point', Experts Warn.