The US border thugs have installed stadium-style bright lamps along rural parts of the border with Mexico. Operating those lamps could devastate wildlife. Many species live in or migrate through the border; some endangered species live mainly there.

In some cases, the harm of border lights could extend far away from the border, as for instance when populations of jaguars in the US and Mexico can no longer mix and interbreed.

A robot taxi being tested killed a dog that ran out from behind a parked car. The company said that the car's computers recognized the dog but could not stop the car in time.

So-called "autonomous" cars are not really autonomous, because they are "connected", and that is an injustice to the passengers and perhaps also the passersby. It should be illegal to operate a taxi unless it (1) can be called by anonymous passengers, (2) accepts payment in anonymous cash, and (3) keeps no biometric information about them or about people outside the taxi.

Robert Reich: Licht's idea of moving CNN to the "political center" was doomed from the start because the US has no such center. American is now divided between fascists and democrats.

Empires that are declining often exalt militarism. The US is doing so, at scales ranging from the neighborhood to the globe.

The Professional Golfers Association has merged with Crown Prince Bone Saw's competing golf tournament series.

Doesn't that violate European competition law?