When it comes to food, everybody’s got an opinion. Same goes for parenting. Mix the two together and you’ve got the makings of a culture war. Witness the recent scuffle between Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama over the White House’s rather tame Let’s Move campaign aimed at ending childhood obesity. So last month, when the… Continue Reading
First Amendment
Reassess the ‘Right’ to Make Food Claims
Food companies insist that they can make health claims for their products, whether backed by science or not, because commercial speech is protected by the First Amendment. The First Amendment, in case you have forgotten, says: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the… Continue Reading