Aarhus has an interesting personal active approach towards people returning from fighting in Syria, which seems to have been effective at preventing more youths from going there.

Meanwhile, the UK plans a system of internal exile for such people.

The UK government is losing billions of pounds by not keeping track of tax give-aways to businesses.

This while they nickle-and-dime the unemployed and disabled into homelessness.

Bankers, after being led to think about their work, become more likely to cheat than people in general.

In other words, it's not that bankers are inherently dishonest but rather than working as a banker encourages dishonesty.

US officials refused to explain to the Committee Against Torture why nobody was prosecuted for US government torture.

A proposal: instead of network neutrality regulation, create a competitive market for ISPs.

Causing competition between ISPs is a good idea, but I would not trust that to replace network neutrality. Four competitors are too few to make a truly competitive market. And even companies in a competitive market impose nasty terms on customers. Consider the hotel that "fined" customers for bad reviews. It competes with lots of other hotels but that didn't stop it from pulling a fast one.

Competition would pressure ISPs to improve their performance, price, and customer service. Those are things that customers notice all the time. We need common carrier regulation also for all the things that are less visible.