Overblown fears of mercury have boiled over several times in recent years. In 2001, activists sought a ban on all mercury thermometers. That didn’t work, so now professional…
If you’re a Greenpeace activist in eastern Germany, you’re probably packing your bags right now. Less than a week after German authorities approved a test planting of…
It appears that the terrorist Earth Liberation Front (ELF) is branching out into anti-war politics. Police in Santa Cruz, California are searching for criminals who vandalized 65 sport…
We always knew that Friends of the Earth (FoE) was hysterical about genetically enhanced food crops, but until recently we had no reason to believe that biotech caused…
When Great Britain’s Daily Mail asked four average London moms what they thought about organic produce, we held our breath and expected a hearty helping of Greenpeace-inspired propaganda. But in…
If you’ve been reading the Center for Consumer Freedom’s Daily Headlines this week… You know that Texans are being brow-beaten with anti-soda messages from their own…
In the DVD version of his lecture “From Liberator to Educator,” Gary Yourofsky claims that “in 2002 I became the official orator of PETA.” Despite his self-anointed, dignified-sounding…
Whatever else organic food is, it’s big business. Grocery stores, distributors, seed companies, compliance officers, manure providers, and a host of other enterprises large and small (not to mention the…
The most recent issue of the New Yorker magazine includes a 14-page essay on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) President and co-founder,…
Last Tuesday we told you about public health nannies blooming in April. But Alcohol Awareness Month and National Public Health Week (which begins today) aren’t…