Many people's lives have become so full of small required tasks that they can't keep up with all of them.

The AFL-CIO is supporting an Oregon ballot initiative to limit the number of robot cash registers a store can operate.

I support this initiative but I'd rather set the limit at zero and extend it to other kinds of stores.

"Boris Johnson is using the act of leaving the EU as a vehicle for his goal — showing the impotence of his adversaries." And that of Parliament. In effect, he is declaring himself autocrat and defying anyone in Britain to prove him wrong. Even though Parliament is fighting back, he could build support for brushing away democracy.

The UK's democracy has grave problems. As in most countries, plutocrats have too much power and subvert the state to their interests. However, the remedy must be more democracy, not less.

Everyone: call on the Suwannee River Water Management District not to let Nestle overdrain the Santa Fe river.

If you live in a place where the public water supply is potable, you can also help by avoiding bottled water. When I travel I carry a refillable water bottle, and I rarely use bottled water except where it is medically necessary.

If you sign, please spread the word!

US citizens: call on the Department of Agriculture not to allow logging in the Tongass National Forest.

If you sign, please spread the word!