Author: Jeff Stier

How Liberals Undermine Public Health: 2 of 2

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Today’s Gothamist discusses Reynolds’ new e-cigarette, Vuse, and the uncertain regulatory environment for these products. The piece quotes me: Jeff Stier, who studies public health issues for The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, said he was ...
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Food Fight Breaks Out on Left

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In a piece for The Huffington Post today, I explain how the left and the far-left are bickering over not only the role of government, but of the private sector, in the fight against obesity. Can industry be part of ...
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Obesity: Nanny State Activism or Free Market Reforms?

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The most strident, vocal, and, unfortunately, influential activists think we need more nanny state solutions to obesity. My colleague, Dr. Henry I. Miller of the Hoover Institution and I think otherwise. In a piece for Hoover’s journal, Defining Ideas, we make ...
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Rogue GMO Wheat Mystery: Did Greens Do It?

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In a piece for Rare, I address the mystery of rogue GMO wheat found in Oregon. Environmental activists, food police, and now even class action lawyers are trying to sow fear based on ideologically driven speculation to advance their battle against ...
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Are Popular Food Activists Giving us Good Advice?

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In a piece (pdf) for the Summer issue of the Cato Institute journal, Regulation, Dr. Henry I. Miller joins me in questioning whether the advice we get from popular food activists is actually valid. This matters in terms of policy, since ...
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How Liberals Undermine Public Health: 1 of 2

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Boston University’s Dr. Michael Siegel sums up our view on how liberals undermine public heath, with a piece on his blog, titled, The Problem with the Tobacco Control Movement: Ideology Has Overtaken Science. First, some background. Then, as he always ...
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Free Market Profit Driven Environmentalism

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The government spends a lot of our money trying to reduce pollution. The Solyndra debacle was just one high profile example that illustrated why the government shouldn’t be in the green business. So if the government can’t clean the environment ...
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Huffington Post: Ignore the Environmental Activists

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Sometimes, you have to take the battle to their turf. In a piece for the Huffington Post today, I make the case that while green groups seek to ban newer and better pesticides because they allegedly harm bees, the groups ...
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Exposed: Obama Administration’s Selective Law Enforcement

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In a piece for the Hoover Institution’s journal, Defining Ideas, Dr. Henry I. Miller and I highlight yet another abuse of power in the Obama Administration. As questions swirl around the IRS scandal, we expose the administration’s selective law enforcement. Why is ...
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Who Says Conservatives Can’t Solve Public Health Problems?

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Just because conservatives think the government ought to stay out of our kitchens, doesn’t mean we don’t have positive ways to address obesity. We do. In an op-ed in Tuesday’s Washington Examiner, Dr. Henry I. Miller joins me in contrasting ...
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