A practical study in Chicago found that red-light cameras caused a small increase in injuries due to car crashes.

It wasn't a significant increase, but the lack of benefit is enough reason to get rid of them.

As Egypt's government plunges to new depths of tyranny, it is getting full military support from the US.

The UK has imposed onerous and unnecessary restrictions on volunteers returning from helping to care for Ebola patients in Africa.

These people can be trusted to tell medical personnel if they develop symptoms suggesting they might have Ebola. And if they don't have those symptoms, they are not contagious.

When Maria Lopez cut her finger on a meat saw at the Hormel plant, because they had sped up the production line, they kept the line running dripping her blood into the food.

The higher production speed causes accidents and contamination, but the companies have bought the support of the US government to allow them to replace government inspection with their own half-hearted inspection. To trust these companies to inspect themselves is to invite them to cut corners on safety — for their workers and for their customers.

It's not a good thing for everyone's email to be published. Or collected by the NSA.