Nanny State on Townhall

• Putting Government on the Right Diet! Sat Apr 27
  Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
  We’ve all heard the startling statistics about obesity in America: over one third of American adults are obese (almost 36%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Obesity puts us at risk for all kinds of health problems, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. And it doesn’t afflict everyone equally: nearly 50% of blacks are obese, and lower income Americans in general are more likely to be obese than others. ... more
• Mayor Bloomberg Plans to Change Age of Buying Cigarettes to 21 Thu Apr 25
  Alicia Powe
• Stop Me Before I Buy Food Sun Apr 21
  Debra J. Saunders
  There is no problem too flimsy for California's nanny lawmakers, as witnessed by the many laws that state solons have proposed to keep constituents from getting free plastic bags at the grocery. Those teensy plastic bags are cheap. ... more
• Nanny-State Freeloaders Celebrate Thatcher's Death Tue Apr 16
  Rachel Marsden
  As dignitaries gather in London to pay their respects to one of modern history's greatest leaders, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died last week at the age of 87, the riff-raff of Great Britain have emerged, subsidized by either the state or by mummy and daddy, to rejoice in her death. ... more
• Opposing Nanny Bloomberg Is Not Anti-Semitism, It's Common Sense Wed Mar 27
  Tony Katz
  On the network of hysterical opinion known as MSNBC, Morning Joe guest and contributor Mike Barnicle claimed that there was a "level of anti-semitism" aimed at New York Nanny Michael Bloomberg and his $12 million campaign to push gun control. It's not anti-semitism. And those who think it is, as my grandmother would say, are mind-numbingly ignorant schumucks. ... more
• It's Come to This: Hugs Banned at Maryland Schools Tue Mar 19
  Katie Pavlich
• Sooner Or Later Progressives Will Get Around To You Sun Mar 17
  Derek Hunter
  First, they came for the smokers. No one would argue smoking is good for you. But it’s legal; growing tobacco is even subsidized by the government. Yet, when governments started limiting the right of people to smoke in places public and private, non-smokers did nothing. ... more
• Trouble in the Nanny State Wed Mar 13
  Ann Coulter
  Like the proverbial monkey typing for infinity and getting Shakespeare, Mayor Bloomberg's obsession with reforming New Yorkers' health has finally produced a brilliant ad campaign. ... more
• Next Up: Bloomberg Comes for Your Headphones Wed Mar 6
  Kate Hicks
• Now Bloomberg is Going After Loud Headphones Wed Mar 6
  Fox NY
  Mayor Mike Bloomberg's health crusade is now expanded to your ears. His new social media campaign, it's going to warn people to turn down the volume on their headphones or risk permanent hearing loss. City health officials are planning a social media campaign that will cost $250,000 to warn people about the risk of hearing loss from listening to loud music through their headphones. ... more
• How Liberals Live Sat Mar 2
  John C. Goodman
  The Democratic Party has two reliable groups of adherents: the rich and the poor. ... more
• Bloomberg Bans Large Sodas in His City, Pushes Gun Control in Another Mon Feb 25
  Guy Benson
• Bloomberg's Next Target: Styrofoam Thu Feb 14
  Katie Pavlich
• Mayor Bloomberg, M.D. Wed Jan 16
  Bob Barr
  New York’s penal code makes it a felony to practice medicine without a license. I suspect, however, that one potential defendant who is proposing to do just that, will escape prosecution. Meet “Mayor Bloomberg, M.D.” ... more
• Gun Owners React To My Novel Wed Jan 16
  Douglas MacKinnon
  If my email in-box is any indication, the Obama White House and its allies may have bitten off much more than they can chew as they look to weaken or abolish the Second Amendment to the Constitution and our right to bear arms. ... more
• Bloomberg Strikes Again: No Painkillers for You Sat Jan 12
  Kate Hicks
• Freedom Lost Sat Jan 12
  Bill O'Reilly
  If you see Kris Kristofferson around, please tell him thanks for writing the line "freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose" in his song "Me and Bobby McGee." That thought is sage and very appropriate for America in the year 2013. ... more
• Big Government, Big Business, Big Black Boxes Tue Dec 11
  Bob Barr
  The Nanny State is crawling under the hood of your car. The Obama Administration has recently approved a request by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requiring auto manufacturers to install “Event Data Recorders” (EDRs) -- commonly referred to as “black boxes” -- on every new car sold in the United States starting September 2014. ... more
• Fifty Shades of Golden: California’s Election Year Masochism Mon Oct 22
  Kurt Schlichter
  As the Golden State continues to transition into Greece-on-the-Pacific, this election year should have been an opportunity for its citizens to try to stop the madness. But it hasn’t worked out that way. Instead, this year Californians have embraced the model of Kevin Bacon in Animal House, figuratively assuming the position and repeating “Thank you, sir, may I have another?” ... more
• Campaigning on Government Dependency Mon Sep 24
  Dan Holler
  All the pundits and self-described strategists weighing in on Mitt Romney’s 47-percent comments are missing the point. Indeed, most are so immersed in Washington’s corrupting culture that they cannot imagine a political system that creates anything other than ever-increasing government dependence. No one likes to admit it, but most career politicians want you to be dependent upon government. ... more
• Students Protest Federal Lunch Calorie Cap Tue Sep 18
  Katie Pavlich
• Nanny Bloomberg Gets His Way: Soda Restriction Passed Thu Sep 13
  Kevin Glass
• It's None of the Government's Business Tue May 29
  Phyllis Schlafly
  What is it about bureaucrats and school personnel that they want to pry into the personal life and habits of American citizens of every age? ... more
• Medicine in the Nanny State Wed May 23
  Ken Connor
  Most people are familiar with the old adage that says "the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." Originally the refrain of a poem honoring motherhood, today this phrase is perhaps more applicable to the omnipresent hand of the modern nanny state. Think of the Obama campaign's cradle-to-grave welfare avatar "Julia" and you get an idea of just how pervasive the idea of government involvement in virtually every aspect of life has become. ... more
• FTC vs. Skechers: Overhyped Meets Overkill Sun May 20
  Debra J. Saunders
  The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that Skechers USA Inc. will pay $40 million to settle charges that the shoe company made "unfounded claims" about its Shape-ups. ... more

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