Excess sugar intake is killing Americans. But a few giant, consolidated beverage companies keep squashing reform efforts.
food industry
Posted inBooks, Government, Magazine, November/December 2015
First We Take Manhattan
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s public health G-men got smoking out of restaurants, trans fats out of foods, and calorie counts onto menus. The rest of the country soon followed.
Posted inBooks, Government, January/February 2015, Magazine
Meat Puppets
How Washington bought into the anti-saturated-fat agenda.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, March/April/May 2014
Big Whopper Economics
Want fast-food workers to get a raise? Let local restaurant owners form a union to fight their corporate masters.
Posted inEconomy, Government, January/February 2014, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
Big Beef
Independent ranchers and animal rights activists don’t agree about much, except that it’s time to stop using federal tax dollars to support the meat lobby.
