US consumer debt

“Consumer debt and credit rose 1.7% in the first quarter to $15.84 trillion, a new record. The increase, which stemmed largely from housing debt, came amid surging inflation and rising rates. Student loan debt climbed by $14 billion in the…

Climate heating and cooling

Opinion Much of the world is only habitable because of energy for heating and cooling.  Most of it, almost all of it, only livable because of energy just for heating and cooling.  Not to mention products and transportation. The end…

UK spending in Ukraine

“Britain’s Conservative government is ramping up military spending for NATO’s proxy war against Russia. Last week Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed Ukraine’s parliament by videolink, pledging the dispatch of an additional £300 million of military equipment. Within days that has…

Abortion limits

Gestational Limits: 43 states prohibit abortions after a specified point in pregnancy, with some exceptions provided. The allowable circumstances are generally when an abortion is necessary to protect the patient’s life or health. 

Russian rouble

Aljazeera “The Russian rouble will be introduced in regions of Ukraine now under Moscow’s military control, a move that undermines earlier claims by Russia that it was not seeking to occupy territory captured by its forces. Moscow will introduce the…