The word "addiction" is perilously close to losing any meaning, especially if lawyers can turn fast food into an addiction and pin liability on restaurants.

A ban on new fast-food restaurants in south Los Angeles does not address the real causes of obesity.

Getting into a contest with President Obama over who is a better friend of business is not the winner some might think. The water will get very muddy very quickly if Romney campaigns on who is business' BFF, especially when you consider that one of the things Romney did at Bain Capital was take businesses apart.

For the WTO to seize the mantle of global trade promotion, it must actually commit itself to promoting free trade.

Roger Scruton, Britain's foremost conservative philosopher, offers a traditionalist manifesto to discomfit both the left and American free-marketeers.

Very bad times seem in store for North Korea as food prices are higher than ever and the economy risks hyperinflation.

In previous generations we had to devise solutions to deal with the dangers of tobacco and cars, and today we must learn how to combat the causes of obesity.

Marking the birth of the 7 billionth person on earth, here are five myths challenging everything you think you know about the world's population.