What will come of the array of ambitious (and not-so-ambitious) targets announced by world leaders at President Joe Biden’s climate summit? It’s tempting to think, “Not enough.” Talk is cheap; actions are expensive. About a third of all the greenhouse emissions from human activities in history have happened since 1997, when world leaders adopted the Kyoto Protocol with an ambition ...

It may surprise readers in the northeast to know that Chick-fil-A — the fast food icon of the Bible Belt whose stores are closed on Sundays, with no exceptions — has yet to reopen its dining rooms despite the relatively lax attitude Southern states have towards the pandemic. The lack of dine-in service didn’t stop the company from having its ...

As if we didn’t experience enough Covid shaming in 2020, pundits are now advocating the shaming of vaccine-hesitant people — especially the roughly 40% of Republicans who say they’re in no rush to get the jab. Political outrage has clouded scientific reasoning here. The data show some Republicans are indeed turning down the shots — though the extent of the ...