Suing oil companies isn't a serious way to address climate change.

In Mexico, there are those who propose not keeping going with this battle and legalize drug trafficking and consumption.

"Marin County has long resisted growth in the name of environmentalism. But high housing costs and segregation persist." So reads the title of a news story by Liam Dillon in the Los Angeles Times. The reporting is excellent. I hope Mr. Dillon didn't choose the title.

Allowing U.S. consumers to engage in parallel trade would require pharmaceutical companies to lower prices here, negotiate price increases with other OECD governments, contracturally prohibit buyers from re-selling, or reduce drug sales to low-price countries so that they have no surplus to export. None of those options are as easy as lobbying the U.S. government to prevent parallel trade and preserve America's status as a lone cash cow in a world of price controls.