It’s the holiday season and one thing that happens to the chagrin of many, is that much of the celebration takes place with the comfort of spirits (Booze, not Jacob Marley). In 2020, the U.S. Dietary Guidelines threw out all of the data that points to even small amounts of alcohol being beneficial and suggested that risks of cancer increase even if you have “less than one drink.” Oh my!
Read MoreI think I finally understand safe spaces. The world is going so fast and there are so many people who criticize you for doing or thinking differently that you want a space where it’s OK just to be you. We also want a safe space from worrying about thousands of laws that can affect anyone at any time even if we don’t know they exist.
Read MoreThe Centers for Disease Control recently alerted us to the fact that nearly 40 percent of American adults are now considered obese, up from just over 30 percent in 1999-2000. This alarming news coincided with a tremendous outcry concerning the Food and Drug Administration’s recent delay in implementing a new calorie labeling requirement.
Read MoreSixty years and one week ago, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by a self-described Marxist and admirer of Fidel Castro. Kennedy himself was an anti-communist who described the Communist threat as "an enemy, power[full], unrelenting and implacable who seeks to dominate the world by subversion and conspiracy."
Read MoreIt's been estimated that 70 to 80 percent of foods eaten in the United States contain ingredients that have been genetically modified. But labeling these foods is certainly not a food safety issue; there has never been a case of harm to people from GM products—ever.
Read MoreThirty years ago, in 1992, Economic professors Robert Tollison and Richard Wagner wrote The Economics of Smoking. They argued that because “people” thought that smoking was more dangerous than it actually was, it meant that there was no market (the system of private supply and demand) failure.
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