Archive: Dec 2002

Bogus ‘physicians,’ Bogus Lawsuit

On Christmas Eve, the president of Tyson Foods received a friendly letter from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), urging the poultry producer to — surprise! — start…
PostedDecember 30, 2002 at12:00 am

Over-Hyping Obesity

NewsMax writer and National Anxiety Center founder Alan Caruba writes that the “obesity epidemic” ranks as the single most dubious news story of 2002. We couldn’t…
PostedDecember 30, 2002 at12:00 am

Our Week In Review

If you’ve been reading the Center for Consumer Freedom’s Daily Headlines this week… You’ve seen how not even the Minnesota state bureaucracy can stomach paying more…
PostedDecember 27, 2002 at12:00 am

Smarter Than the Fast-Food Lawyers

Marilyn Vos Savant’s weekly column in Parade magazine is read by millions. She has an IQ of 228, which the Guinness Book of World…
PostedDecember 26, 2002 at12:00 am

Enjoy the Holidays!

The team of elves and reindeer who write and produce the Center for Consumer Freedom’s daily headlines will be taking tomorrow off, in observance of the Christmas holiday. On behalf…
PostedDecember 24, 2002 at12:00 am

Whatever Happened To Self Control?

As the public continues to chew on (and, largely, spit out) the idea of holding restaurants legally responsible for their patrons’ dietary choices, the Columbia Missourian asked its…
PostedDecember 23, 2002 at12:00 am

Organic Food Poisons State Budgets

The Associated Press reported recently that the Minnesota Department of Health is refusing to pay for organic food through the federal Women Infants and Children program it administers.
PostedDecember 23, 2002 at12:00 am

Our Week In Review

If you’ve been reading the Center for Consumer Freedom’s Daily Headlines this week… You’ve read that Chrissie Hynde, the lead singer of The Pretenders, suggested assassinating corporate leaders,…
PostedDecember 20, 2002 at12:00 am

SPECIAL REPORT: Legitimizing the Lunatics

The Center for Consumer Freedom has learned that the California State University at Fresno will host an event in 2003 dedicated to the topic of “Revolutionary Environmentalism.” The…
PostedDecember 20, 2002 at12:00 am

California Kooks Cook Up ‘Crisis’

A partisan but official-sounding organization called the California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) released a study last week claiming that childhood obesity is “a state emergency” in…
PostedDecember 19, 2002 at12:00 am