Monthly Archives: November 2008
(November 20th, 2008)
There is a buffet of bad information in the news today about what causes obesity. (The economy. Fast food. Television commercials.) Take a deep breath, folks: The truth hasn't changed with the news cycle. Weight loss, gain, and maintenance have always been about the balance between "calories in" and...
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(November 19th, 2008)
Washington, DC – Yesterday an animal rights group with a long history of promoting itself as a mainstream medical charity issued a report suggesting that only meatless and dairy-free airport meals should be considered "healthy." Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom is firing back, calling on...
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(November 18th, 2008)
If it's the week before Thanksgiving, it must be that special time again -- time for travel writers to be duped by a phony "healthy" airport-food survey from the equally phony Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The animal rights zealots who pose as a mainstream health charity pull...
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(November 18th, 2008)
It really is the most wonderful time of the year for food activists. A cornucopia – no, a moveable feast – of nutritional puritans have already descended on Thanksgiving planners this week. We've seen paranoid all-natural types warning us about non-organic cranberries; tofu-wielding PETA pilgrims decrying “turkey...
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(November 17th, 2008)
I just flew in from Sweden and boy, are my feet tired. It’s almost a cliché that Scandinavia is populated by skinny blonde model-types. But in touring Sweden and Denmark recently, I encountered the greatest number of physically fit people I’ve ever seen in one place. There were more lithe...
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(November 17th, 2008)
We usually don't weigh in on the animal-rights war over fur and fashion -- and it's only Monday -- but this is too good not to make our Quote of the Week. Following a Paris "flour bomb" attack on actress Lindsay Lohan by activists with People...
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(November 17th, 2008)
Visit Scandinavia, and you'll notice two things in comparison with the U.S. of A. (besides the proliferation of IKEA stores): fewer obese people, and more of them moving. Sweden, Denmark, and their Nordic neighbors have the same ubiquitous fast food restaurants as we do. Their menus include paltry (if...
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(November 14th, 2008)
Chicago -- Yesterday the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) dispatched e-mails to all members of the Chicago City Council, urging them to think twice before following the anti-circus recommendations of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).
PETA has been lobbying for citywide restrictions on tools and methods...
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(November 14th, 2008)
The circus is in town for Chicagoans this month, but it could be the very last time -- if the animal-rights nuts at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals get their way. The anti-everything group has an ally in Chicago Alderman Mary Ann Smith,...
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