Reading archive 2023-10-03

Shampoos and soaps are mostly water. Here’s why you should buy them without it.

HOW RED-STATE POLITICS ARE SHAVING YEARS OFF AMERICAN LIVES - "Many of those early deaths can be traced to decisions made years ago by local and state lawmakers over whether to implement cigarette taxes, invest in public health or tighten seat-belt regulations, among other policies, an examination by The Washington Post found. States’ politics — and their resulting policies — are shaving years off American lives."

Americans don’t hate living near solar and wind farms as much as you might think

Opinion  America doesn’t need more God. It needs more atheists.

Pentagon official charged with participating in dog fighting ring: Frederick D. Moorefield Jr., a deputy chief information officer, is accused of training fighting dogs for more than 20 years

Liberty University broke safety laws for years, government asserts: In preliminary findings, the Education Department says the Christian school underreported crimes and destroyed evidence. Administrators can appeal.