An Egyptian thug has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing 10 prisoners.

That's a long sentence when compared with the usual immunity of thugs, but not long compared with other murderers.

A survey of over 100 samples of meat in the UK found that over half of them contained DNA from the wrong animals.

Failure to clean processing equipment could easily lead to trace amounts of the wrong meat; but I don't see how that could introduce contamination amounting to 5% of the product.

The prevalence of fraud suggests that testing should be carried out frequently, with high fines.

When Ben & Jerry's ice cream was compelled into merger with a conglomerate, the founders developed a structure that protects some of the company's ethical goals.

This structure might be useful in other situations.

Meanwhile, I think it would be good for someone to investigate why it was impossible for the company to continue succeeding on its own. What had changed — and what would be needed to change it back?

A thousand people tried to cross the Spanish border fence at Melilla, a part of Africa held by Spain.

By 2030, there may be 50,000 each night, fleeing from starvation in Africa. By 2100, spreading aridity may cause starvation in Spain too.

A company that makes monitoring software requires all its employees to be monitored all the time by their computers.

We had better make such requirements illegal or lots of companies will impose them.