I am very sad about the death of Uri Avnery, our wisest guide to justice and peace in regard to Israel and Palestine.

We will now have to figure out the best course without his wisdom.

The article doesn't mention that Gush Shalom was forced to drop its boycott of products of Israeli colonies in Palestinian territory by an Israel censorship law which contrived to impose unbounded debt on anyone who advocates the boycott.

We who live outside Israel can still advocate this boycott.

Particulate air pollution in Spokane, due to wildfires, is so bad now that people are being warned to stay indoors.

Michigan's official in charge of public health faces charges of involuntary manslaughter for decisions that lead to cases of legionnaire's disease.

Not, alas, for lead poisoning.

The prosecution of Backpage and its publishers was a politically-minded falsehood, part of a campaign to stop sex workers from advertising.

This is why I do not support Kamala Harris. Her campaign struck me as not merely wrong, but dishonest.

It seems that many sex workers are enslaved, while many others are working freely on their own terms. World-wide, workers are enslaved in many other areas of work: manicure, farming, fishing, construction, domestic help, from what I recall at this moment. It is very important to free people from enslavement, but prohibiting manicure, farming, fishing, construction, domestic help and sex work is not the way. We need laws aimed at the practice of enslavement and its methods, not at these jobs.

Greece May Still Be Europe's Sick Patient, But the EU Is at Death's Door.

That may be an exaggeration. The tyranny of the banksters, like other tyrannies, often manages to hand on for years while extremely sick.

The EU has become a motor for dooH niboR, with rather weak democracy that isn't enough to restrain the banksters. It pressures member countries to push most people down. If it is not made democratic it should be eliminated.