Banning the practice of discarding "by-catch" (fish that the fishermen did not aim to catch) is not enough to enable overfished stocks to recover.

The only way to protect fish stocks is to defeat the political power of the fishermen, who are generally short-termist.

The liquid bomb terrorists were originally accused of planning to mix liquids to make the explosive TATP in a plane, but that would be impossible.

However, later it came out that their plan was somewhat different, and not impossible, merely very difficult.

Bloomberg News censors stories about China.

Seven Things Veterans Need More Than a Holiday.

The US attracts youths into the army by telling them they will "serve their country". As we know, that's only occasionally what US soldiers are used for. If we spread the word about what they are really likely to do, it might do some good.

US citizens: sign this petition to respect the rights of prisoners who report on prison abuses.