Daily horror stories in the media about unfit doctors, unhealthy foods, dangerous chemicals, soaring gas prices, and incompetent child care have created a culture of fear. But is that fear well-founded?

In his new book Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity (Hyperion, May 2006), John Stossel tackles the misconceptions,...

How is it possible to know what Chinese people think and feel about their government? Three ways are through anticorruption novels, blogs, and rhyming ditties.

The news that I would be addressing the Institute of Historical Review came to some people as . . . well, news. It was mentioned in the Jewish newspaper Forward and on the Zionist Wall Street Journal Online. The editors of two conservative magazines called and wrote me to express...