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CSPI Gets Blasted

In August the hypocritical moralizing of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) was on full display when it condemned the federal government’s…
Posted October 21, 2003 at12:00 am

New York Times Writer: Food Is Too Cheap

In a New York Times Magazine cover story, food author Michael Pollan labels America “the Republic of Fat” and blames our over-hyped “obesity epidemic” on “a…
Posted October 13, 2003 at12:00 am

Big Brother Brownell

The “Last Call” column in this month’s issue of The American Spectator describes a frightening vision of the near-future, where the Center for Science in the…
Posted October 8, 2003 at12:00 am

Food Cops Gather Their Forces

At last year’s 130th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA), California food cop Harold Goldstein mused: “Our task is — our hope is…
Posted October 6, 2003 at12:00 am

Food Cops Bust The Whole Enchilada

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) plans to make fast-casual Mexican restaurants its latest pi&ntildeata. Sources tell the Center for Consumer Freedom that CSPI’s health…
Posted September 30, 2003 at12:00 am

ActivistCash Exposes PETA’s Medical Front-Group

As our new ActivistCash profile reveals, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. PCRM is a fanatical animal rights group that seeks…
Posted September 11, 2003 at12:00 am

Quote of the Week

When the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) raised a stink last week about the corporate ties of some appointees to a federal nutrition panel,…
Posted August 29, 2003 at12:00 am

Kelly Brownell’s Big Brother Manifesto

Speaking of the latest food police complaint — “food is more cheap, more prevalent and much tastier” — Rick Berman of the Center for Consumer Freedom asked in an Associated…
Posted August 26, 2003 at12:00 am

CSPI Ignores Its Own ‘Integrity’ Advice

Michael Jacobson generally takes his own advice. The food cop-in-chief at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) won’t touch a cookie,…
Posted August 21, 2003 at12:00 am

Food Cops Mess With Texas

“Stop. Step away from the junk food and listen carefully. We Americans are overweight, and it’s because we eat too much of the wrong stuff.” So begins a…
Posted August 18, 2003 at12:00 am