The
Los Angeles Times took aim at the “food police” this week, specifically at the deceptively-named
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine’s lawsuit against hot dog makers and the
Center for Science in the Public Interest’s lawsuit against the restaurant chain Denny’s.
Here’s what the editorial board had to...
Over the weekend, newspapers reported that a
federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that was supported by the
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) against the pet store Petland and its supplier the Hunte Corporation. Previously, you might remember that WSB-TV in Atlanta
investigated and...
Last month, the food police at the
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) took their anti-salt crusade one shake too far, suing the Denny’s restaurant chain over the sodium content of its food.
As we told the media, CSPI’s claims should be taken with a...
This just in:
Eating is “dangerous.” At least, that’s what the Center for Science in the Public Interest is claiming in
a new lawsuit against Denny’s restaurant. Time for an emergency reality check.
CSPI has
a long history of filing media-stunt lawsuits. This time around, its activist...
As if
money-hungry trial lawyers and
the Center for Science in the Public Interest weren’t enough. This morning, the phony Cancer Project
filed a lawsuit asking the court to require a cancer-risk warning label on all hot dog packages sold in New Jersey. There’s no beef...
As we prepare to chronicle (and resist) a 2009 full of assaults on our food freedoms, we’re also reflecting on the year that’s drawing to a close. Here are some of the stories that made 2008 “The Year of the Food Activist”:
Michael Pollan sneered...
For most of us, Christmas is a time for ice-skating, caroling, tree-trimming, and sipping eggnog with the family. But the Center for Consumer Freedom urges you to be cautious when leaving those cookies out for Santa. This is an age in which health activists lurk around every corner, just...
Like the holiday itself, the Thanksgiving meal means different things to different people. You might be a deep-fryer, a brine enthusiast, an old-fashion roast-and-baster, a rotisserie purist, or even one of those rare “tofurky” hold-outs.
Whatever your pleasure, we hope you enjoy it with friends and family during...
With only three days left until the big feast, we’re happy to see that our Thanksgiving guest waiver is making the rounds. As one columnist wrote today, those behind all the fuss about “turkey genocides” and "Turkey Day diets" just don’t get it:
“The whole point of the holiday...
