Last year, Slate magazine outlined America’s slow march to diet despotism by describing activists’ strategy to wage war on "junk food": "First, we should protect kids. Second, fat…
Americans should think twice before they trust the latest scaremongering study about obesity, "F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing America." The study, which was published…
Yesterday, the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) sent PETA and one of its top spokesmen scurrying with their tails between their legs. Big time. PETA has been using the Michael…
‘Don’t eat pasta,’ ‘Avoid any meats,’ ‘Eat only water, honey, and cayenne pepper‘ — though nutrition activists offer no lack of weight-loss advice, when it comes to…
We’re not blowing smoke when we warn people that the panic over rising obesity rates is bound to have some adverse unintended consequences on the nation’s health. Demonizing every…
The self-described “press sluts” at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have really been earning that title with their response to the Michael Vick animal-cruelty scandal.
Earlier this summer, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) bellyached to the FDA about omega-3-enriched eggs that promised "heart health" on the carton. The group’s executive…
We’ve asked the question many, many times before, but in light of recent events it obviously bears repeating: Why would a level-headed person take nutritional advice from animal-rights activists without…
The 9/11 Commission Report claimed that the government’s greatest weakness was a "failure to imagine." But now it seems that one federal panel may have overcorrected when taking…
This is shaping up to be a really bad week for the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). It’s only Wednesday and the group has already managed…