What you think you know... is often wrong. Sunday I look at seven MYTHS... LIES... AND COMPLETE STUPIDITIES:

• FOOD... MYTH: Government should help people make healthy choices for themselves. TRUTH: The nanny state reduces your freedom while accomplishing little.

• MAIL... MYTH: The post office should deliver the mail. TRUTH: The private sector does it better... continue reading »

I argue that America has become a country where no one can know what is legal.

Kids who open lemonade stands are now shutdown by police. I tried to open a lemonade stand legally in NYC. That was quite an adventure. It takes 65 days to get permission from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

With government adding 80,000 pages of rules and regulations every year, it's no surprise that regular people break laws without even trying... continue reading »

It's logical to think that only government protects us from dangerous chemicals and bacteria in your food. But as I discuss in my syndicated column this week, it's not true.

A scare newsletter called "Food Poisoning Bulletin" warns that if government reduces food inspections, "food will be less safe ... (because) marginal companies ... (will) cut corners."

We're going to die!... continue reading »

I've been attacked for saying that "organic" foods are expensive and pointless.

It's nice when even the NY Times points it out. Today, Kenneth Chang reports on a Stanford study that... continue reading »

New York City proposed to make it illegal to sell containers of soft drinks, sweetened coffee, and some fruit juices that are larger than 16 oz.

Give me a break. This infringes on my right to make my own contract with a merchant. It also doesn’t work. Americans have gotten fatter since the government launched its “war” on obesity... continue reading »

Increasingly, government bureaucrats and activists propose to save us from our food by reducing salt, sugar, and fat.

In my syndicated column this week, I ask:... continue reading »

Food nannies have told us for years that poor people are overweight because they lack access to healthy foods.

First Lady Michelle Obama claimed that at the "Food Desert Summit" in Chicago a few months ago:... continue reading »

The nanny state strikes again, this time to regulate our diet. Over the last few months, a group of government agencies studied the link between advertising and childhood obesity.

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Tonight Bill O’Reilly wants me to talk about the first lady’s nutrition campaign.

A team of advisers to Mrs. Obama has been holding private talks over the past year with the National Restaurant Association, a trade group, in a bid to get restaurants to adopt her goals of smaller portions and children’s meals that include healthy offerings…... continue reading »

On my show last night, Food & Water Watch executive director Wenonah Hauter debated Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Greg Conko over whether genetically-modified foods tamper with mother nature.  Wenonah says yes, Greg says no. At one point in the debate, Wenonah Hauter insisted that the big 2006 spinach recall was of conventionally-grown spinach … NOT organic.  However, we checked.  Turns out the FDA’s continue reading »