The main business of Amway is not getting people to resell real products to their friends. It is getting people to pay high prices for seminars, that will supposedly teach them to be a success in reselling products to their friends, but really just say how to push their friends to pay for seminars.

It sounds like EST and its descendants.

A nuclear power plant operator is squeezing various states for billions of dollars to keep some nuclear plants operating.

If we spent the money on batteries to store solar power, we would be investing it in a better future.

Guardian: Germany to Quash Convictions of 50,000 Gay Men under Nazi-Era Law.

Just as the apartment house fire occurred, the UK was studying a plan to "get rid of red tape" by eliminating the fire-safety regulations about materials to use in construction.

In the UK, fire is potentially a far bigger danger than terrorists. It is not a bigger danger in practice today, simply because regulations have done a pretty good job of preventing fires.

Natural gas is not a safe replacement for coal — to avoid global disaster, we will have to cut its use fast.

Instead of investing in use of natural gas, we should invest in renewable energy.