It has improved due to laws passed by the EPA, but as DJT has removed many of them, if fear we will return to the days of rivers thick with industrial watse and skies thick with smog, as we had in the 1970's.

Apparently SOMETHING needs to be done, because doing nothing isn't working. More children have died in schools this year than in the military. Schools should be safe place, but they are becoming more dangerous instead of safer. Guns are simply too readily available and unstable people are obtaining them. Perhaps people can work together to deal with helping people with daycare issues to make this happen. Organizers could provide daycare for the day to help parents with young children.

I think books are better because your imagination is stronger than the image that can be created by a film. In essence, one creates their own movie in their head. Books are more personal. Everyone has their history and memories, so they envision the characters through their own personal mirror. That is why I prefer books. I like to watch a movie only after I have read the book to see how it compares. It usually falls short.