Archive: Mar 2008 (page2)

Do-Gooder Double Standards

In the ‘80s, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) sold several posters featuring information about nutrition and exercise to health-conscious consumers. But in recent years, that…
PostedMarch 14, 2008 at12:00 am

Organic Activists: Consumers Have “Right” To (Incomplete) Information

Last month we gave you a brief update on the latest chapter in anti-technology, “organic only” activism: the smear campaign against milk from cows supplemented with Recombinant Bovine Growth…
PostedMarch 13, 2008 at12:00 am

Suspension Over Sweets

What does it take for a school to suspend an eighth-grader, bar his attendance from an honors dinner, and strip him of his post as class Vice President? If you…
PostedMarch 12, 2008 at12:00 am

San Francisco Votes On Menu Mandate

Today, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote on a city-wide menu labeling ordinance (a proposal to mandate in-your-face calorie counts on restaurant menus). By attempting…
PostedMarch 11, 2008 at12:00 am

Humane Humanity, Activist Inanity

It seems like only last week that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) was raising money to “care for the dogs seized in the Michael Vick [dogfighting]…
PostedMarch 10, 2008 at12:00 am

Another Anti-HFCSism

Unable to persuade the public that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is too unhealthy or too affordable, “all natural” food activists are launching another campaign against “the crack of…
PostedMarch 10, 2008 at12:00 am

George McGovern On Personal Finance: Freedom Means Responsibility

A key quote from this morning’s Wall Street Journal: "Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior."…
PostedMarch 7, 2008 at12:00 am

Will The Violence Ever End?

Pity Briana Waters, maybe just a little bit. As she sat waiting for a jury to render a verdict in her Seattle eco-terror arson trial, another Earth Liberation…
PostedMarch 7, 2008 at12:00 am

Got Mercury Confusion? You’re Not Alone.

As The Washington Times points out today, the gratuitous hype over mercury levels in fish is far from over. Flawed science journalism and an abundance of bad information from…
PostedMarch 6, 2008 at12:00 am

State-Sponsored Bullying

Yesterday, The New York Times covered a study that demonstrated “worrying about weighing too much may be bad for you, no matter how much you actually weigh.” This report…
PostedMarch 5, 2008 at12:00 am