In the US, it is estimated that twice as many people die from cold as from heat, and in the UK it is estimated that about 9,000 fewer people would die each winter with global warming. But don't expect headlines in the next mild winter reading "9,000 not dead".
Chicago's police superintendent is retiring this week, which made me think about crime prevention; it's one of those tasks in which success is more difficult to "sex up" (the term du jour) than failure.