Explaining to an American generation that has never known peace how the US could have chosen peace in 2001, and avoided disaster after disaster.

The US in 2001 could have got the Taliban's help in kicking out al-Qa'ida, in exchange for peace with the US. The Taliban had offered such a deal a short while before.

The history in the US since World War II has been a series of wars, massacres, and coups.

Ancient Greek democracy had problems too. Athens under democratic government converted its alliance into an extractive empire, fought a war to defend that empire, and eventually lost, partly due to mismanagement. Along the way, it too committed massacres.

An actress is suing Harvey Weinstein, alleging events which would amount to rape. Strangely, the article describes this as "sex trafficking".

That's nonsense — she was not trafficked. Rape should be called "rape", and trafficking "trafficking", because they are very different issues.

Since poverty increases the likelihood of death, some simple arithmetic shows that the Republican tax attacks would kill around 30,000 per year, while Sanders' tax plan would save around 30,000 per year, both compared with actual trends.

It also shows that going further than Sanders could save a lot more.

UNICEF says that 11 million children in Yemen need humanitarian assistance as a result of the war. While the statement doesn't say who is responsible, we know that those responsible are Salafi Arabia and its backers, primarily the US.

London's mayor says he will arrange to increase the number of public toilets, in particular those for disabled people.

This is very good, but I hope these toilets will be accessible to poor people with no money.