Why do we care when celebrities opine on issues outside of their expertise? I’ll make them a deal: I won’t sing, and they won’t write about health policy. As I write in Townhall.com today, Celebrities Should Stick To Their Song ...
Do you think the EPA should stick to the science before regulating? See my commentary on Townhall.com, where I explain, What has changed is an increasing adherence to the unscientific precautionary principle, which requires that unless we can prove something absolutely ...
I sometimes wonder whether they want to ban sodas — one ingredient at a time. If it isn’t your favorite no-calorie sweetener, like Splenda, Nutrasweet, or Acesulfame K, it is the full-calorie high fructose corn syrup. But today, it was ...
The regulators just can’t help themselves. They find a problem, pass regulations and only later do they bother to do the science to see if the regulation will be effective. The latest example comes today, with the report of yet ...
My review of Christopher Snowdon’s latest book, The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition Since 1800 appears in the January, 2012 print edition of Reason. Modern-Day Prohibition The eternal temptation to ban things that give people pleasure Jeff Stier ...
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