European countries are passing laws against having sex with an animal. (We are talking about sex practices that don't physically hurt the animal.)

These laws have no rational basis. We know that some animals enjoy sex with humans. Others don't. But really, if you smear something on your genitals that tastes good to dogs, and have a dog lick you off, it harms no one. Why should this be illegal except mindless religion?

The US rejects gun control because many people cling to a few foolish myths.

What the article doesn't say is that this is no accident. The myths have existed for a long time, but they didn't have such fervent believers 50 years ago. The NRA pumps up these myths with public relations campaigns.

One of these myths that people with guns can stop a massacre. The noteworthy thing about the guitarist in whose concert the Las Vegas massacre occurred is that his crew had guns because they believed this myth, and now he knows it is false.

Australians handed in 50,000 guns to be destroyed.

People in the UK are healthier and happier in dense cities than in suburbs.

The plan to eradicate rats from Lord Howe Island, and thus protect endangered species found nowhere else, is running into controversy.

One argument in favor is that the benefit of eradicating the rats would continue, even if due to global disaster humans can no longer continue controlling the rat population.