US Citizens: tell Congress to reject public housing rent hikes and fully fund hud.

"Encryption on the internet will be abused, but better that than a society where no one is allowed secrets from the government."

I agree completely, but encrypting the contents of messages is not enough to protect us from repression. We must not allow the government to be able to find out, in general, where people go or who talks with whom.

South and North Korea pledged to make peace. If they follow through, that will be a great advance.

Denuclearizing both countries would be a great step forward, too. Maybe someday even India and Pakistan could agree to denuclearize.

We should not presume that final agreement will be reached; there remain many opportunities for things to go wrong. For instance, the bully won't like it, and he may try to wreck it. He does not mind looking like a warmonger.

What has changed is that now there are opportunities for things to go right.

Microscopic pieces of plastic are found in the soil in Swiss mountains. If these kill the earthworms, they will indirectly harm the plants, too.

For Indian women, rape is the extreme manifestation of a spectrum of subjection that starts when they are children.