Category: Health

The Government War on Menthol

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Expect the Food and Drug Administration to soon embark on an effort to ban menthol cigarettes — likely creating upheaval on par with the Prohibition era in the process. After recently criminalizing the tiny trade in flavored cigarettes, the FDA ...
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Conservative Cancer Cups?

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According to The Hill, Democrats think Republicans want members of Congress, their staff, and visitors to  drink from dangerous cups. Really. Nine Democrats, in a letter to Speaker John Boehner, wrote that they are worried about the danger caused by ...
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NYC PCB Scare: New York Post Op-ed

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Are New York City schools killing kids?  Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and plaintiffs’ lawyers sure seem to think so.  But they have the science all wrong. As I write in today’s New York Post: They’re using junk-science alarmism to pressure ...
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Vinson Ruling No Victory for Obama

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Despite what you may have read in the pro-Obama press, the White House did not receive good news today from Judge Roger Vinson. In fact, Judge Vinson upped the ante on the President by forcing the Administration now to choose ...
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Steven Crowder Video: ObamaCare, Hurray! Quebec Corners!

Who says socialized medicine is a bad idea? Certainly not our friends at Quebec Corners, Pierre Archambault (Jordan Crowder) and Jean-Guy Tremblay (Steven Crowder). Watch to see why our friends think government-run health care is a good idea ...
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School Scare Is Lights-Out For Reason, by Jeff Stier

School Scare Is Lights-Out For Reason, by Jeff Stier

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Fixing Phony PCB Problem Could Cost New York Schools a Billion How many politicians does it take to screw in a light bulb? Rep. Jerrold Nadler and a cadre of local officials, activists and "public interest" lawyers are on the ...
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The Coming War on Menthol Cigarettes

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Last year, not long after the Food and Drug Administration got legislative authority to regulate tobacco, "flavored" cigarettes were banned — on behalf of the children. This was largely a publicity stunt since Twista Lime, Kauai Kolada and other flavored ...
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Now That the Oscars Are Over, Allow Me To Be a Grouch

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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 ...
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The EPA’s Latest Unscientific Power Grab

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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 ...
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The Food Police Just Won’t Quit

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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 ...
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