Well-meaning laws sometimes backfire. It's especially true when they are passed in reaction to media frenzies driven by ideology, not science. That's what's happening in the US and Europe, where advocacy groups are raising new alarms about bisphenol A (aka BPA), a controversial plastic component used to prevent spoilage in myriad products, including containers, dental sealants, and epoxy linings.

A credit for first-time homebuyers enacted in 2008 has led to a massive tax fraud.

What is the best way to address the plight of the two billion people in the world barely surviving on less than $2 a day?

The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative is avictory for justice.

If experience is anything to go by, the Marines who misbehaved in that video will be disciplined and punished—while those who are trying to exploit those images to undermine their mission never will be.

Taliban-style justice is alive and well in Iran.

There is an elemental question behind the debate about Social Security: What's better wealth or income?

Americans believe Clinton had an affair and lied but approve of the way he's handling his job.