Better hide your air conditioners or the feds will get them. Environmental Protection Administrator Gina McCarthy wants the world to stop using hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in air conditioners and other products to fight global warming.  She says phasing out HFCs would avert 0.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of the century.

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders did his chief opponent a great favor when he said to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic debate, "the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails." But the fiery socialist has had second thoughts. Now he says there are "valid questions"about her use of a secret email server as Secretary of State. "Let the investigation proceed unimpeded," he says.

Not only is Vice President Joe Biden missing from the Democratic presidential candidates lineup, but Hillary Clinton has at least temporarily replaced him as gaffemaster. Discussing her proposal to allow convicted felons to avoid disclosing their criminal records on applications for federal jobs, she said if she becomes president, "former presidents won't have to declare their criminal history." Maybe she meant to say "former criminals" ... or maybe not.