The leader of a thug union in California has been charged with smuggling fentanyl.

The "war on drugs" promotes corruption of every sort of official who participates in it . That is just one of the many reasons to get the war off drugs.

A court ruling could eliminate preventive medical care for millions of Americans.

The lawsuit was filed by religious fanatics who object to paying for drugs to prevent transmission of HIV. Those drugs, over time, can wipe out HIV, but extremist Christians think that the deity they worship intended HIV to make homosexuals suffer and we humans should not interfere.

The decision was based on the perverse idea that they have a constitutional right not to pay for insurance coverage of treatments that violate their religion.

I don't think that they object to cancer screening as such. I think those are the collateral damage caused by a desire to punish people for having sex.

Companies get graded on greenhouse emissions, and deforestation, based on figures that they supply. JBS, the giant meat processing company, amazed environmentalists by getting a grade of A&minus. They say it must be altering the figures.

US citizens: phone your congresscritter and your senators to urge them to sign Rashida Tlaib's letter calling for dropping charges against Julian Assange.

This page includes the text of the letter. The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

If you phone, please spread the word!

Australia's government got a secret report explaining how global heating is a bigger threat to Australia's national security than any possible foreign enemy.

It should publish this report.