Medicines have to pass through a rigorous series of clinical trials to prove their efficacy and safety; by bypassing systems that are in place, the manufacturers of counterfeit medicines are not only illegally profiting from others' endeavors--they are also putting patients' lives at risk.

A tainted peanut butter case in Georgia is illustrative of the systemic changes needed so the FDA can focus on what really matters to consumers.

It is vitally important to find all of the root causes of substandard medicines because current policy decisions that concern drug quality often exacerbate problems related to a lack of research.

A critical look at Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, the Mitchell Report, and the adulteration of American sports.

"Cultural diversity" has replaced "cultural exceptionalism" in the French-inspired, European rhetoric. The idea that a culture can preserve its originality by barricading itself against foreign influences is an old illusion that has always produced the opposite of the desired result.