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See Companies Change, See Goalposts Move

If activists get something they want, they don’t go away. Even if they do deign to acknowledge a company for doing what activists asked for, they always push the…
Posted January 15, 2013 at5:44 pm

Americans Left and Right Agree with CCF on Food Freedom

A couple of weeks ago we reported on a hearty result for food freedom advocates: A poll by the Associated Press (AP) found that 59 percent of Americans…
Posted January 14, 2013 at5:47 pm

Food Cops Want The Feds To Score Your Food

In today’s Washington Post, Michael Jacobson, chief of the food police at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), announced his latest effort to force Americans to adopt the…
Posted January 11, 2013 at3:08 pm

News Flash: Big Government isn’t an Ingredient in Soft Drinks

The Associated Press released a poll today that told us nothing new, but filled us with good cheer. According to a survey of 1,011 American adults by the Associated Press-NORC…
Posted January 4, 2013 at5:46 pm

Cupcake Cops Crash Camden

MeMe Roth, paging your office: The Junior Anti-Sweets Leagues are assembling in Camden, New Jersey. The local Board of Education decided to ban all bake sales in schools in the city. One activist…
Posted January 4, 2013 at10:44 am

The Worst Proposals in Anti-Food Activism: Part 2

At the Center for Consumer Freedom, we read activists’ bad ideas every day. We’ve already covered five of the worst proposals yesterday. We now present the conclusion of CCF’s…
Posted December 19, 2012 at3:41 pm

The Worst Proposals in Anti-Food Activism: Part 1

At the Center for Consumer Freedom, we read activists’ bad ideas every day. Whether they want to tax soda, put meaningless labels on perfectly safe foods produced with…
Posted December 18, 2012 at4:17 pm

“Addictions” of Mice and Men

A story on the widely trafficked news aggregator The Drudge Report  earlier today caught our eye: “Quitting junk food may cause withdrawal symptoms.” But behind the breathless headlines of…
Posted December 17, 2012 at4:25 pm

No Subpoenas in Your Stocking: Get CCF’s Christmas Cookie Liability Waiver!

Let’s face it: Santa’s a big guy. And in the eyes of the trial lawyers, he didn’t get that way on his own. Activists are trying to declare…
Posted December 14, 2012 at10:15 am

Tryotophan Is No Excuse for Lazy Food Activists

We’ve written plenty about the lunacy from activists who think people are just like cocaine junkies when presented with a plate of bacon. Now, we’re spreading the news…
Posted November 26, 2012 at5:11 pm