Twinkie tax creator Kelly “Big Brother” Brownell wants to impose hefty taxes on some foods to shrink everyone else’s waists. As Fortune reported this week, Brownell’s anti-obesity battle…
Sacre bleu! It looks like French school children won’t be having any cheese with their crackers next year — at least if it comes from vending machines.
New government numbers pose a 64-cent question: Why does obesity warrior Kelly “Big Brother” Brownell fudge the price of produce? “Unhealthy foods,” he says “are the cheapest and…
“All we do is try to provide the public with information and encouragement to make those changes that will protect their health,” says Center for Science in…
The food cops at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) should take note: the leader of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) believes that nutrition labeling…
Next Friday Capitol Hill will be the site of a unholy union, as the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and “Super Size Me” film-maker Morgan…
Today, through its "Integrity in Science" project, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) will attempt to impugn the credibility of researchers who receive funding from…
Hold on to your hotdogs and hamburgers, fireworks watchers. The food police are coming! As regular readers know, a growing cabal of activists, trial lawyers, and bureaucrats has decided to…
On July 4, 1776, America’s founding fathers signed their names to the Declaration of Independence in an effort to affirm basic liberties. But they never dreamed that anyone would someday…
