The Food & Drug Administration’s new regulations requiring calorie and other information on menus in restaurants and elsewhere won’t work, could limit consumer choice, and may not be Constitutional.
The idea that the U.S. does not negotiate with terrorists is simply not historically accurate, so should we be reconsidering the policy of not negotiating with ISIS for the release of Western hostages?
Wikipedia is refusing to recognize a photographer’s copyright claim because a monkey took the picture.
People are still going to jail for being unable to pay their fines. And often billed for the priviledge.
Another government mandate that doesn’t address a real problem.
The FDA is declaring war on trans fats. That’s a bad idea on many levels.
Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, is under fire for academic fraud.
Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City and one of America’s most colorful politicians, has died at 88.
Republican opposition to same-sex marriage is costing it yet another demographic group.
Will an MRI of your brain someday be able to tell if you’re lying? And, if it can, should it be admissible in Court?
Scientists have made a major step toward unlocking one of the biggest mysteries of particle physics
The private office is quickly becoming a relic, despite the loss of morale and productivity that comes from open floorplans.
We should want more voters, not less, if we actually value representaitve democracy.
Jim Yong Kim is an impressive man. But he’s got no background in banking, finance, or economics.
Once again, a government entity thinks the average person is too dumb to take care of themselves.
With the advantage of hindsight, it’s clear that more creative strategies were needed. But they probably couldn’t have been passed.
Does a family court have the authority to tell a parent to delete a blog critical of his ex-wife?
Not surprisingly, people still order that big juicy cheeseburger even after being told it contains over 1,000 calories.
More people are chasing careers in film than there are careers in film. And not just in front of the camera.
The Obama Administration tells Congress that it doesn’t need to comply with the War Powers Act because the Act does not apply to the mission in Libya.
James Franco is a film director, screenwriter, painter, author, performance artist and actor. And working on a PhD at Yale.
The uprisings in the Arab world have led some to suggest that the Middle East isn’t “ready” to be free. They’re wrong.
A new study suggests college students aren’t learning the critical thinking skills they’re supposed to learn, but that isn’t necessary the fault of the university they’re attending.
Law schools are artificially raising student grades, sometimes retroactively, to make them more competitive on the job market.
