Should the government tell you what mayonnaise to buy? Liberals and conservatives would probably agree that freedom is paramount when it comes to sandwich spreads, this is America, after all, but…

The War on Fast Food hasn't led to the health care bonanza overzealous regulators assured us would result - but that hasn’t stopped them from opening another front on Happy Meals. At the American…

People with life-threatening or incurable diseases may be willing to try experimental drugs and unproven treatments. Credit: juicyrai/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND By Tina Cockburn, Queensland University of…

As we approach the August bank holiday and a three-day weekend, it is worth reassessing the amount of time we devote to work. What if all weekends could last for three or even four days? What if the…

Natural American Spirit has discovered how to gain market share; tout the organic, all-natural status of its product. It must be healthier, right? Not when it comes to cigarettes, but it has been…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is about to be sued because they have not banned fracking. Natural Resources Defense Council and vassal fundraising groups say oil and gas companies might be…

A total of 25 states weigh public school students to monitor obesity rates. In 10 of these states, parents are then notified. Today’s New York Times addresses these “BMI report cards” and their…

Democrats (myself included) enjoy ridiculing Republicans who deny the scientific consensus behind climate change. But we then deny the inconvenient truth behind our own preferred climate policies:…

Even before President Obama announced the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan on August 3 to regulate carbon emissions from power plants, there were a number of legal challenges…

Following the British Medical Association's plan for a 20% sugar tax to subsidize the cost of fruit and vegetables - which some pundits must believe contain no carbohydrates - another group have…