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Health
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Michelle Obama Will Make Us Thin
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 »
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14 year old Sex Workers (O’Reilly Factor Tonight)
A new video has been released by a group called Live Action, showing a Planned Parenthood nurse telling someone whom she thought was a pimp running a child prostitution ring:
“If they’re 14 and under just send them right there if they need an abortion, ok? ”... continue reading »
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Butt Out, Bloomberg
Eight years after banning smoking indoors in many places, my city’s billionaire mayor (and nanny-in-chief) Michael Bloomberg is at it again. This time, he will expand the ban to parks, beaches, and pedestrian plazas like Times Square. “When this legislation is passed, all New Yorkers will be able to enjoy a walk in the park or a day at the beach without having to inhale secondhand smoke,” said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. ... continue reading »
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Michelle Obama and the Food Police
Tonight Bill O’Reilly argues with me about Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign, which is meant to “solve the problem of childhood obesity in a generation.” He likes her campaign. I don’t. If the first lady wants to spend her time and money to persuade us to eat better, fine. But I fear that she wants to spend our time and our money. In her continue reading »
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Math for Morons
On vacation in Massachusetts, I reel from frequent arguments from lefties. (I vacation right between a home owned by the late Howard Zinn and one owned by Joe Sibilia, CEO of CSR Wire)... continue reading »
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Republican Health Care
James P. Pinkerton makes good points about how Republicans might present a more optimistic health care policy. While Democrats redistribute,
“ more intelligent approach would be to think of the public’s demand for health care as an opportunity rather than a liability. Our economy is driven by the harmonious convergence of entrepreneurial exuberance and insatiable consumer demand... continue reading »
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Protecting Us to Death
Government continues to protect us to death. Today former FDA deputy commissioner Scott Gottlieb argues that,
“The time from ... continue reading »
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Fat and Tax
The obesity hysteria will not stop. The MSM tells us that it’s just obvious that the “crisis” requires new taxes and government limits on your choices. The American Council on Science and Health, as usual, offers valuable perspective on “rising obesity rates”:
“'Obesity rates are not rising,' says ACSH’s Jeff Stier... continue reading »
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The War on Salt Goes National
Earlier this year, New York City Mayor and prominent food nag Michael Bloomberg announced a "voluntary" effort to reduce the salt content in restaurants and processed foods by 25%. Later, a New York State Senator proposed a ban on the use of any salt in restaurant kitchens... continue reading »
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The Silent Market-Based Evolution
Anyone forced to pay a lawyer for relatively simple tasks like a business incorporation or will have experienced the control that "licensed professonals" exert over us... continue reading »
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