The common-sense use of the term "addiction" is that regular consumption is irresistible and that it creates problems. Caffeine use does not fit this profile.

A neuroscientist recalls how a host of substances took over his life and how, at last, he learned to impose new patterns of thought and behavior.

The death of Amy Winehouse was caused by more than just drugs or alcohol.

Many commentators have complained about the damage Obama's new proposed budget would do to our national prosperity. Less has been said about the effect it will have on something far more important: our national character.

Think the contraception decision was bad? Wait until bureaucrats start telling your insurer which cancer screenings to cover.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear cases challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare and has allotted an apparently unprecedented five and a half hours for oral argument on four separate issues.

Only domestic politics can explain two of the Obama administration's most controversial moves: exporting illegal guns to Mexico and balking at building an oil pipeline from Canada.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a study suggesting that rates of sexual violence in the United States are comparable to those in the war-stricken Congo. How is that possible?