The population of Japan is in decline, the birthrate is plummeting, and the consequences look grim. Some studies put the blame on Japanese men whose appetite for masturbation, sex toys and virtual tete-a-tetes is turning them off the real thing.

Justices could shield FDA-backed drugs from suits, as they did for devices. Critics say the agency is fallible.

Economic press watchdog Dean Baker gives us the scoop on how mortgage bailout plans in current circulation will actually help families. The answer? Not good.

First person account from a Chicago civil rights attorney about her experience working for prisoners in Guantánamo Bay

A judge sentenced a woman to nearly the maximum prison term for negligent homicide after hearing a recorded jail conversation in which she made light of the bicyclist she killed.

Insane over-interpretation of laws against such things as "hate speech", sexually harassing speech, and defamation will not be disappearing any time soon, it seems. Recently there appeared on Facebook a picture of a group of Zeta Psi fraternity pledges in

A woman who sued and won $1.7 million because she and her co-workers were spanked and humiliated at work may walk away with nothing.

A Vermont judge has ordered William Krasnansky to stop blogging about his ongoing divorce, and free speech experts are surprised and concerned about the possibilities.

Advocates of the bill stress that the language stops short of demanding implementation -- that it only requires universities to "plan" -- but this argument misses the point entirely. The passage of this bill will unambiguously lead universities down the w

Insurance officials have urged Toyota to stop running commercials depicting people destroying their cars because it promotes insurance fraud.