Archive: Mar 2013 (page2)

The Times Gets Soda Half-Right

With a judge having invalidated New York City’s soda ban, the anti-food-first fat-fighting movement is scrambling for new answers to the problem. Typically, the New York Times…
PostedMarch 13, 2013 at1:51 pm

City Tingling with Joy as Judge Puts Nanny in Time-Out

When all hope for beverage freedom in America’s largest city seemed lost — when Nanny Bloomberg’s soft drink Prohibition seemed imminent — word came from the courthouse:…
PostedMarch 12, 2013 at12:46 pm

Will Coffee Speakeasies Pepper Manhattan?

UPDATE: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that New York State Judge Milton Tingling has ruled that the ban is arbitrary and capricious and prevented it from…
PostedMarch 11, 2013 at12:35 pm

There Are Chemicals In the Food Supply!

The latest freak-out over “chemicals” in food comes from the fever swamps of for-profit petition host Change.org. Over 50,000 people have signed a petition promoted by the…
PostedMarch 8, 2013 at5:12 pm

Trial Lawyer Tells Students to Lobby for His Anti-Soda League

Regular readers might remember John Banzhaf, the George Washington University professor and “Sue The Bastards” trial lawyer responsible for frivolous fast-food lawsuits in the early 2000s. Mercifully…
PostedMarch 7, 2013 at4:43 pm

Food Snobs Are Not Epidemiologists, Researchers Report

A study co-authored by Robert “No Soda Without I.D.” Lustig attracted some attention last week, as it boldly claimed to directly link Type II diabetes incidence with…
PostedMarch 5, 2013 at8:55 am

How Cheap Is Fresh Food, Anyway?

A commonly repeated argument that tries to link food companies with a diabolical obesity-promoting conspiracy is that unhealthy “hyper-processed” snacks are cheaper than fresh fruits and vegetables. Barry Popkin,…
PostedMarch 1, 2013 at4:47 pm