Turkey and Cyprus are disputing which country will have the right to help destroy civilization by drilling for oil in the sea near both countries.

The only answer that is acceptable for civilization's future is, "Nobody!"

Mining metal nodules from the ocean floor can cause ecological damage, and it can take a long time to recover. Scientists don't yet know enough to determine how to do it safely, but companies are rushing to start.

Questcor raised the price of an old drug from $40 to almost $40,000, and is accused of bribing doctors to prescribe it at that price. Mallinckrodt, which bought Questcor, now brings in a billion dollars a year from that drug.

Mallinckrodt expects to pay $15 million — 5 days' sales — to get off the hook for that accusation.

It is too easy for the individuals involved to avoid prosecution and punishment. But the root of this problem is that there is too much concentration, and insufficient competition, in making generic drugs for the US.

I suspect this has to do with the offshoring of most of that production.

Singapore's law "against fake news" also requires web sites to identify their visitors, and communication services to break encryption.

Several authoritarian European countries are following Orban's example and taking effective control of the major media.