Nanny State
10 times that 2025 tried to stop kids from growing up
Free-range parents may remember 2025 as the year that proved just how hard it still is to give kids any independence. There were arrests, investigations, panics, and new rules that seemed designed to keep childhood on…
Shein can’t sell sex toys unless it checks IDs, French court says
Shein, a cheap-stuff superstore based in China that is popular worldwide, cannot sell sex toys unless it checks purchaser IDs, a French court has ruled. The case comes after the French government tried to shut down Shein for…
MAHA movement mandates labels on seed oils and other food ingredients
Burdensome food labeling mandates were once the province of Democrats, who pushed for calorie count requirements on restaurant menus and insisted packaged food must feature warnings about genetically modified ingredients and…
Government dietary guidelines have politicized America’s holiday dinners
In recent weeks, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised that the forthcoming revised U.S. Dietary Guidelines—spearheaded by his agency alongside the Department of Agriculture—will be…
How Lina Khan is busy striving to maximize Zohran Mamdani’s power
Lina Khan has quickly thrown water on any hopes that she might be a benign force on New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team. The former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair suggested in a recent…
Brickbat: No Sugar Tonight
In England, the government has banned "buy one get one free" deals and other multi-buy promotions on foods high in fat, salt and sugar, in its latest push to tackle childhood obesity. The rules also include a…
Wyoming woman sues her town to let her keep her pet pygmy goat
When Venus Bontadelli and her husband moved to Powell, Wyoming, to be closer to family, they also hoped to find a reprieve from the "increasingly illiberal and imperious state of politics in California." But it…
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