Understanding the FDA

A number of the individuals who have responded to my most recent BusinessWeek.com column about the FDA’s targeting of cherry farmers provide a wonderful additional dimension to the matter. I strongly suggest you take a look in particular at the comments by...

The Ideological Chasm

How wide is the ideological chasm between backers of the existing medical establishment and of complementary health approaches? Still fairly wide, based on some responses to my latest BusinessWeek.com column questioning the FDA’s decision to threaten cherry...

Protecting the Food Chain

My latest column on BusinessWeek.com reports on how the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has  come down on small cherry farmers and distributors for claiming that tart cherries can improve your health. I still can’t figure out why the FDA decided...

Why Doesn’t the Government Go After KFC?

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit organization, says it has a message for fast food fried chicken chain KFC: "See you in court, Colonel Sanders." CSPI is suing KFC over its use of trans fat in its fried chicken, which it says...