Food Police
David vs. Goliath
(August 19, 2008)
Battle lines have been drawn in the war against obesity. And stakes for consumers and businesses alike are rising to legendary heights as the two competing sides -- fatness vs. fitness -- square off. “Team Fat” has demonstrated Goliath-like heft in its ability to push food-focused regulations like “fast food” bans, ingredient regulations, and fat taxes. Margo Wootan, one of the top killjoys at the...
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Violence
Violence For Animals? It’s Only Natural.
(August 18, 2008)
A host of experts from all walks of life have weighed in about the recent animal-rights firebombing of a Santa Cruz, California biomedical researcher’s home (with his children inside). Yesterday, in the scientist’s hometown Santa Cruz Sentinel, we had our say. If you want to understand how people who claim “kindness to animals” as their rallying cry can embrace cruelty to people so quickly, we...
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Food Police
Michael vs. Michael (Fitness vs. Food)
(August 14, 2008)
France, Japan, Britain, Australia: this list catalogs countries with athletes participating in the Summer Olympics. But it also represents governments with officials who are increasingly viewing individual diets as a matter of public health. America makes the list too. From “sin” taxes on tasty snacks to outright bans on “fast foods,” lawmakers around the globe have narrowly targeted food as the scourge of our health....
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Your Kids, PETA's Pawns
Few parents realize the threat posed to their children by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the growing animal-rights movement.
The Book HSUS and PETA Don’t Want You to Read
In his book
Redemption, Nathan Winograd argues that the idea of pet overpopulation in America is a myth. PETA cites this “overpopulation” as the reason it kills nearly 90 percent of the dogs and cats it takes in. And HSUS literally wrote the book
Study: Why Food and Drink Bans Won't Solve Childhood Obesity
Despite the fact that almost all the research on in-school nutrition indicates that food bans are ineffective (and sometimes counterproductive), numerous groups are pushing for more regulations. Here's our study explaining why they're wrong.
