A couple of nights ago, we were unpacking some kitchen appliances and gadgets at home. You’d be surprised at the amount of nonsense warnings in manuals these days. “Do not use the pressure cooker for purposes other than intended” is…
Monday marks Cinco de Mayo — not actually much of a holiday in Mexico, but an important date for Mexican food and drink-loving Americans, to be sure. This year, the probability is that Americans’ Cinco de Mayo is costing slightly…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to ban food dyes has sparked controversy and debate. While the temptation to use government to enforce accountability is tempting, Americans must remember that government intervention always comes at a cost. Here are five reasons…
Crazy days! In the spirit of positive thinking the last century’s New Dealers used to say, Happy days are here again! These are nervous days — boom or bust! But I say, with Iris De Ment, “let the mystery be,”…
Democrats lost their way once they allowed Donald Trump to direct them. What would Donald Trump do? Democrats then do the opposite. This greatly explains polls showing the party at its nadir. A much-cited NBC News poll pegs approval of…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has started the process of adding more regulation to U.S. food markets. Undoubtedly, Kennedy believed this would bring to heel what has been dubbed “Big Food,” the large food conglomerates that control much of U.S. food…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have long been at the center of the news with an extravagant relationship that exemplifies the cultural “mores” of the day. In this episode of The Weekend Spectator, Paul Kengor and Grace Reilly discuss the…
While there is much uncertainty concerning Kennedy’s policies to encourage healthy eating, one very likely action will be to eliminate sugary sodas from being purchased with food stamps. This confronts one of the least discussed aspects of the liberal value…
As it has in the past, the New York Times published a recent article that attempts to drive a wedge between the factions of the wide tent movement formed by the alliance between Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr….
