The Seychelles have created a protected area in the ocean in exchange for forgiveness of debt.

The FCC proposes to solve a minor problem (prisoners with forbidden cell phones) by requiring remote-controlled "kill switches" in all portable phones, to brick them remotely.

The arguments presented tiptoe around the truly important issue: that this would give the state another unjust power that could be used for repression. We have got to stop being intimidated into silence about such points.

The kill switch that should be required in every portable phone is one that allows the user to make sure it is really shut off.

People often lie to dating apps, but if their messages are brought into court, the jury may not understand this.

Even if it made sense to have teachers carry guns, the troll's plan for 20% of teachers to carry guns would cost a billion dollars just to train and arm them.

But that doesn't count all the students that teachers would shoot, whether from error, from malice, or from insanity. Even for a good shot, it is not easy to hit a specific person. On those rare occasions where an armed teacher did try to shoot a killer, the teacher would be likely to miss, or even hit a student unintentionally.

The whole idea is bullshit, and would be dismissed immediately if not for the political machine that insists it makes sense.

A new strain of typhoid that is resistant to multiple antibiotics is causing an epidemic in Pakistan.

Typhoid spreads through untreated water, so proper sanitation systems will stop it dead.