Yesterday a crazed gunman named James Lee took hostages at the Discovery Channel building in Silver Spring, Maryland. He was later killed by police. Lee’s bizarre crime will…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard the media fanfare over the recall of 550 million eggs that are thought to be at risk for contamination…
We reported about two years ago that the deceptively named “Physicians Committee” for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)—really an animal rights group with few actual physicians—filed a “toxic tort” lawsuit…
Dutifully observing the national obsession with the phrase “according to the latest study,” Reuters distributed a news story yesterday with a blaring headline: “Chemicals in meat may be…
We’re still trying to decide how to describe the latest lawsuit from the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), but the words “dumb,” “dumber,” and “frivolous” keep coming…
On Tuesday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law that will require all eggs sold in the state (starting in 2015) to come from producers compliant…
Major League Eating (MLE) hosted its biggest annual competition in New York City on Sunday, featuring the granddaddy of competitive-eating events: the hot-dog contest. As with any "sport,"…
The Congressional battle over regulating school lunch nutrition has drawn the attention of a number of activist groups that are trying to influence what’s on our kids' menus. One…
In preparation for Sunday’s celebrations, there’s no better time than now to remember (and be grateful for) all the freedoms we enjoy—including the right to choose what we eat…
If there’s one thing livestock farmers worry about, it’s “undercover” animal rights activists who lie on their job applications so they can shoot film that their real employers later…
