Westerners are in a tizzy about a Syrian rebel who ate part of the corpse of a dead government soldier, for revenge.

Such ado about so little. Whatever you do to a corpse, it can't really hurt anyone (except you, if you catch some disease from it). The worst it can do to others is offend their feelings.

What worries me about the Syrian rebels is what they might do to living people, if they set up an Islamic tyranny like the one in Saudi Arabia.

BP and Shell have been accused of fixing prices for a decade.

Since this is in Europe, they may actually be prosecuted.

Amazon staff in Germany have gone on strike.

Amazon abuses its staff in the US, but the US government gives less support to workers.

China is trying to stop prostitution by torturing accused prostitutes into confessing.

There is nothing ethically wrong with prostitution, so the state's only legitimate goal in this area is to make sure nobody is coerced into prostitution and prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases by prostitution. Prohibition and repression of prostitution get in the way of those goals.

Everyone: object to giving Henry Kissinger an award for defending freedom and democracy.