The Even Greater Tornado Outbreak

Eric Berger chronicles and analyses some of the facts about this week's horror in the South.

Earth protection....

"Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving "Mother Earth" the same rights as humans — having just passed a domestic law that does the same for bugs, trees and all other natural things in the South American country."

Several questions can be raised; among them are whether this type of 'statement' has merit or value, even inspirational or educative value, and whether a body of nations with unimaginable diversity can have sufficient "pull" with other nations to make such a thing "work" in practice.  What will be the everyday effect of the resolution, and to what extent can we be said be able to obey it?

More later....