Texans will be happy to learn that their tax dollars are being spent lecturing them about drinking soda. The Texas Department of Health (DOH) runs a campaign called “…
SOS! Something called “Soda Out of Schools” (SOS) has been granted $642,951 by the NIH. SOS will be coordinated by Pat Crawford, who co-directs the University…
Pouring soda down the gutter last week as if it were gin in the prohibitionist twenties, activists in Denver chanted “dump Pepsi now.” The protest was part of…
Last week in Philadelphia, the annual conference of the American Public Health Association (APHA) included a plenary session on “Challenging the Fast Food Culture.” The Center for…
Voters in Berkeley, California — often called “Berserkeley” because of its far-out political base — managed enough common sense yesterday to soundly defeat a proposal that would have…
When the board of the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to ban soft drinks last month, they had a silent partner: the Center for Food and Justice,…
In a move that could have national implications, the board of the Los Angeles Unified School District has voted unanimously to ban the sale of soft drinks at all…
Unless you’ve been unable to read a newspaper for the last few years, you already know that there’s a coordinated war being fought by nutritional busybodies in the United…
“If you think taxing tea started a revolution, just wait.” That was Dan Rather on yesterday’s CBS Evening News, talking about the latest trend out West: taxing coffee. On…
In recognition of the month when America celebrates its freedom, we are devoting the first two weeks of July to a review of the ongoing battle for consumer freedom —…
