On the day after Barack Obama’s inauguration, we remarked that the President has done a service to American consumers by hesitating to base his food policies on the…
Journalists and bloggers are abuzz this week about cookbook author Mark Bittman. The New York Times columnist and vegetarian recipe guru has released a new book called…
According to a story appearing in the New York Times this week, the U.S. Supreme Court may soon hear an unusual First Amendment case that could put some high-profile…
This issue would be funny if it weren’t so frustrating: A federal proposal to charge fees for air pollution caused by burping and tooting barnyard animals could put many…
Animal rights nuts live in a world where the line between fact and fiction is blurry, at best. On Planet PETA, for instance, circus elephants aren’t a source of family…
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, you simply have to give the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) points for chutzpah. This year HSUS has already poured more…
Some years ago, back before large numbers of Americans understood the wholesale deception and backward philosophies of groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the…
Yesterday the queen of daytime nattering, Oprah Winfrey, hosted a televised discussion about the welfare of animals raised for food. Predictably, the Humane Society of the United States…
