Like all years, 2011 was mostly awful for those of us who have a fondness for liberty. However, I have managed to find ten highlights to bri...

Some pitiful news from Australia : Cancer sparks legal action over smoking fumes Peter Lavac, a Sydney lawyer, fitness fanatic and champi...

Earlier this month, the Department of Health announced that it would be launching a public consultation on plain packaging before the end o...

Amongst my stocking fillers this year was a book titled The Book of Beer Knowledge  from which I give you these statistics: Pint of milk ...

An op-ed in the New Zealand Herald  calls for a tax on sugar. Nothing special about that, but the article—written by one Tony Falkenstein — ...

From The Guardian : Imposing a 10% "fat tax" on sugary drinks would help tackle soaring rates of obesity, according to new resea...

Dr. Theodore Dalrymple has written a typically incisive  article about the Dutch government's decision to reduce the amount of taxpayer...