I discovered that the Seattle City Council has approved one of the silliest and possibly most useless “civic improvement” schemes it has ever entertained. If you are a follower of city politics, you’ll know that is a high bar.
Defending their fossil fuel economy, Texas’ Republican rulers have adopted a three-pronged response to a stream of climate disasters: Belligerent denial of anything out of the ordinary, professed ignorance, and invocation of the Almighty.