This latest gem comes from German animal-rights campaigner Frank Albrecht, who sparked a global controversy yesterday when he told a mass-circulation German newspaper that it was "inhumane" for…
Over the years activists have managed to blame obesity on almost every food imaginable: steak, milk, soda, and even juice. Rather than distancing themselves from this…
News flash: The global panic about mercury in fish can be traced back to a single scientific study whose participants got nearly all their dietary mercury from…
A tip of the Consumer Freedom hat goes to the editors of Salvo, a Chicago-based cultural journal with a wry sense of humor. The magazine’s inaugural issue was…
The demands of Wall Street’s shareholders may cause more to grow than just the corporate bottom line. The financial district is also pushing your bathroom scale into the red, if…
The battle cry "for the children" might seem like an honest justification for political activism. But when campaigning for kids involves exploiting them, activists no longer seem so upstanding. For…
We’ve never been big fans of activists who hawk mercury-in-fish fears. They’re perfect examples of agenda-driven extremists who keep flogging their message despite what science has to say. Over…
While many Americans name baseball as their favorite pastime, the food police can’t tolerate any celebration involving chili-drenched hotdogs and ice cold beer. Instead, activist groups pass the time by…
"This one’s too hot." "This one’s too cold." Like whiny characters in a twisted fairy tale, the food police at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)…
Yesterday, JAMA (the journal of the American Medical Association) published the results of a study that’s sure to ruffle some food activists’ feathers. A group of Stanford researchers have…