Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
Distressing developments in the Nanny State wars:
Will Saletan lays out the battle plan for the obesity warriors.
The Economist warns against the emerging “soft paternalism” (article here, editorial here).
David Broder, the dean of militant moderation, and whose name inspires puzzling reverence in this town, mocks mocks the Economist piece, as well as those of us who take seriously the Nanny State’s encroachment on civil liberties.
Newsweek reports that Alaskan Sen. Lisa Murkowski has joined forces with Iowa’s Tom Harkin to ban junk food from public schools. Note that the article just assumes that this is a good idea, and paints at the crusading public health activists against “the food industry.”
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