On the container ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key, there were containers with toxic chemicals inside that were destroyed by the collision, and others that may fall off.

Every time a container ship is damaged, there is a risk of poisoning from toxic contents of containers. It seems to me that we should make special containers for such cargoes, and have laws to require their use when the contents call for them.

The same safety containers could prevent train derailments and truck collisions from causing something even worse.

Neoliberalism can be understood as a philosophy designed to justify the domination of society by bullies.

Extractors of oil and fossil gas are rapidly building new facilities and eliminating any possibility of limiting global heating to 1.5°C.

On the sociopathic aspects of humans' love of dogs.

The decision to buy a breed which has lots of health issues may in fact be deliberate. These dogs require care, and this in turn produces feelings of love and satisfaction in their carers. We stunt and cripple them in order to nurse them, in order to feel good about ourselves.

There are many injured human beings that could being cared for, and not because of any choice of their own.

The Republican opponent of Senator Sherrod Brown is claiming that Colombia was a socialist country in 1971, when he left it. That is not even remotely close to the truth.