The "gay testing" proposed by Kuwait is meant only for migrant workers, but it's proposed for several neighboring countries too.

Either way, it is medically impossible.

AT&T wants to convert all residential phone lines to VOIP, and take the opportunity to abolish the regulations that protect subscribers from abuses.

Using a technical advance as an opportunity to deal people a legal setback is an instance of Stallman's Law.

Most Americans have very few choices of ISPs. We should take the regulations for phone companies and apply them directly to ISPs. If we make ISPs common carriers, they won't be allowed to discriminate in any way.

The trial of BP (Billionaire Polluters) for the Big Spill shows points where federal regulations need to be tightened, and have not been.

When the company being audited pays for the audit, and selects the auditor, that's a conflict of interest. Redesigning the system works wonders for catching violations.

This conflict of interest is comparable to the one involved in having would-be drug manufacturers pay for experiments to test the drug.

This also shows why the current US plan to let chicken farms do their own inspection is really stupid.

Special gyms for members of Congress are considered "essential" during the shutdown, but experimental cancer treatments are not.