Animal Rights Extremism (page 109)

The New York Times has legitimized Tom Pringle, self-proclaimed mad cow disease expert, with a “Q&A” interview. If you don’t know who this guy is, take a spin through Mad…

In a promotional appearance at a suburban Maryland bookstore, Dr. Neal Barnard (president of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) presented a variety of odd claims to support the findings of…

The Miami New Times has jumped on the bandwagon of mad cow misinformation with a feature story about the risk of Americans contracting this European disease. In her zeal…

Vegetarians and other activists can usually be relied upon to sing the praises of “meat alternatives,” but it looks like even the most nanny-friendly food products are coming under siege.

You've heard the slogan, "BEEF: It's What's for Dinner." People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals now has a new billboard in Michigan, promoting their own twisted version. Located near Lansing, it reads: "BEEF: It's What's Rotting in Your Colon." Never one to miss a chance to be outrageous, PeTA president Ingrid Newkirk added, "Eating meat makes people fat and men impotent." Newkirk is typical of the nanny culture that claims to know what's best for all of us.

Public Radio International’s Marketplace took the curious step yesterday of providing Worldwatch Institute with a forum to discuss agricultural policy. The group’s Brian Halweil took the microphone for…

The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, and U.S. News & World Report have all taken notice of what we’ve known all along: despite the apocalyptic predictions of…

Yesterday a mad-cow press release caught our attention with this statement: “six out of ten Americans polled say they are concerned that the disease may affect beef here in the…

The Los Angeles Times has seen the light. In a major Health feature, the Times describes how the American mad cow panic has been “fueled by misinformation, inexact science, and…

The issue of Newsweek to hit the stands today features a cover story on mad cow disease. ABC’s 20/20 also ran a feature segment about mad cow on…