Inconvenient Propaganda
<p align="justify">British Judge James Michael Burton has ruled that Al Gore’s documentary <em>An Inconvenient Truth</em> must be identified as one-sided political advocacy if shown in public schools.</p>
Anti-tobacco stance might cost Democrats
<p align="justify">Norman Kjono’s recent article in the <em>Colorado Springs Gazette</em> appears here as his latest FORCES column.</p>
"Public Health" Strikes Again
<p align="justify">We link to a long article, worth reading, for the insight it provides on just how rotten "Public Health" really is. The article deals with treatments of several forms of cancer including prostate cancer. What would "Public Health" do with a drug that really beats cancer? The answer is simple: kill it.</p>
Smoking Ban Kills Hong Kong Night Life
<p align="justify">If you thought severe economic damage from smoking bans was anything less than universal read the news from Hong Kong.</p>
Gore Has Read the Playbook
<p align="justify">Al Gore says the debate is over. He wants things his way. He wants social division. He wants fear and hate. He has read the anti-smoking playbook.</p>
Triple Whammy for Tobacco Control
<p align="justify">Good news indeed from Canada. Here’s something to brighten your day and warm your heart. It’s a report from our correspondent Roy Harrold on the protest against the Canadian national anti-smokers’ conference held in Edmonton last week. Anti-smoking "dignitaries" from all around Canada, and from around the world, met with richly deserved ridicule.</p>
Junk Science Immortalised
<p align="justify">American columnist Andrew Sullivan of the <em>Atlantic</em> (with further reference to the UK <em>Guardian</em>) recently drew our attention to an annual back-handed celebration of junk science: the Ig-Nobel awards, handed out to the most ludicrous projects (many of them scientific) which have managed to make it to publication during the preceding year.</p>
Gardasil
<p align="justify">The Gardasil human papillomavirus vaccine may be implicated in at least ten recent deaths.</p>
Watchdog Group: UK Among Worst for Privacy
<p align="justify">What do China, Russia, Malaysia, Singapore and the UK have in common? They’re all among countries with the worst rating for privacy protection as established by the international watchdog group Privacy International.</p>
Fascism comes to America wrapped in studies
<p align="justify">‘Sinclair Lewis’s bumper sticker friendly maxim, "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross," may be all the rage these days, yet from my New York City perch it seems more likely fascism will come weighed down with studies by self-congratulatory "public interest" groups and carrying a sign reading, "It’s for the children!"’</p>