The journalist that revealed torture in Angola is being prosecuted for libel.

To make libel a crime is prima facie injustice.

The US also jails people for revealing US torture practices, such as John Kiriakou.

Hawaiians are protesting the construction of another large telescope on Mauna Kea.

The article claims that astronomers have "expressed doubts about the project", but these doubts are not about its merit. Some scientists feel they should cater to religion.

I don't agree: advancing real knowledge is more important.

Monsanto, a giant seed company, wants to merge with Syngenta, a giant pesticide company.

This shows an inadequacy in today's antitrust law. A merger of large companies can be very harmful when the companies make coordinated products rather than competing products. The state should forbid such mergers.

Death of bee colonies is at peak levels again in the US, and ominously many colonies died last summer when they would normally thrive.

US citizens: protect marine mammals by supporting a ban on driftnets on the West Coast.