Acute Heavy Metal Issue in Baby Food Met with Sluggish Efforts by the FDA
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Acute Heavy Metal Issue in Baby Food Met with Sluggish Efforts by the FDA

After a congressional report exposing the unethical practices of four major baby food companies was released in the winter of 2021, parents nationwide became outraged. The document’s findings were truly appalling. The Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy discovered blatant disregard for the safe limits of arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury in the baby food…

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Hugh Hewitt Asks Dr. Fauci to Step Down to Increase Vaccinations. Fauci Says “No!”

Commentator Hugh Hewitt recently asked Dr. Anthony Fauci if he would step down from his position as Director of the National Institutes of Health if it would encourage more conservative Americans to get COVID-19 vaccinations. In an over 18 minute interview with Dr. Fauci, Hewit asked him to address what Fauci claimed are hurtful lies…

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Moderna Says Vaccine Is 100% Effective In Teens, Plans To Apply For FDA Authorization

Andrew Trunsky on May 25, 2021 Moderna announced Tuesday that its coronavirus vaccine was 100% effective against infection in kids aged 12 to 17, and that it planned to apply for FDA authorization in June. The company tested its vaccine in 3,732 participants in the age range, and found no cases of COVID-19 among those…

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First, They Came for the Cigarettes. Then, They Came for the Cigars.

The FDA, under the Biden Administration, announced in late April that it would move to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes in an effort to curve health disparities between black and white Americans. The proposed ban, however, has implications that reach far past its stated purpose and is set to be a far-reaching, all-out war on the civil…

They Can Pry Your Menthols From Your Cold, Dead Hands
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They Can Pry Your Menthols From Your Cold, Dead Hands

“I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.” Robert Frost On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it was moving to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. Though the rumors had been swirling for months that this might happen, I was still…

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Texas Gubernatorial Candidate Travels from Cancun to Austin to Illegally Sell Insulin at the Capitol

During the past week, Senator Ted Cruz has been embroiled in controversy as he and his family fled freezing north Texas for a vacation in Cancun, while many of his constituents suffered under extreme weather and their state’s inability to cope with conditions. Natural gas pipes and wind turbines alike froze, leaving 10 million people…

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The FDA Is Holding Up a Cheap Vaccine as COVID Deaths Surge

For months, Americans were told by many scientists and media that lockdowns were necessary until a vaccine for COVID-19 was available, even though it was unclear when that would be. Two vaccines have since been approved for use, but the virus is claiming lives faster than ever in large part because officials are struggling to…

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Why the Real Villain of 2020 Was Big Government

The disaster that was 2020 is finally over. Now it’s time for the inevitable post-mortems. First and foremost, the COVID-19 pandemic posed enormous challenges to American institutions, and continues to do so. Frankly, we were not prepared. We need to diagnose what went wrong, so that we are never caught unaware like this again. Fortunately,…

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We Had the Vaccine from the Start—You Just Weren’t Allowed to Take It

Few people realize that the Moderna vaccine against COVID-19—which the FDA has finally declared “highly effective,” and which is now being distributed to Americans—has actually been available for nearly a year. But the government wouldn’t let you take it. The vaccine, a triumph of medical science known as mRNA-1273, was designed in a single weekend,…

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Opinion: The Cigar Industry’s Court Victory Burns the FDA

Not today, FDA! The cigar community just won a victory in court against a greedy, overgrown government that seeks to get its grubby paws into every aspect of American life. U.S. District Court Judge Amit P. Meheta of D.C. ruled that the FDA can’t enforce premarket regulations on premium cigars until they consider a more…