Nanny State

LOOK: New Yorkers React To Bloomberg's Soda Ban Crusade

Posted 05.31.2012

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The internet erupted in protest Wednesday over Mayor Bloomberg's plan to ban large sugary beverages in New York. Yes, a few Nanny State sympathizer...

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Indiana Superintendents Say More Expulsions Will Defend Student Rights

Adam Goldstein | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: First Amendment, Nanny State, Cyberbullying, Expulsion, HB 1169, Parenting, School Discipline, Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents, Censorship, Suspension, Indiana, Education News
Adam Goldstein

Asserting that a bill extending state authority to punish students with no limits whatsoever is a victory for student rights bends reality to the breaking point.

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The Republican Nanny State

Ron Davis | Posted 04.11.2012

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Ron Davis

Republicans who support subsidies should stop their mass-manipulation. Rather than hiding behind hypocritical pro-market rhetoric, it is time to admit they have embraced their very own entitlement-boom that rivals the dreams of any European welfarist.

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Richmond May Be First City In Nation To Enforce Soda Tax

Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Nanny State, Pop Tax, Richmond Soda Tax, Contra Costa County, Coke Tax, Cola Tax, Richmond City Council, Childhood Obesity, Video, San Francisco News

The East Bay city of Richmond is poised to be the first city in the county to levy a tax on soda to fund anti-childhood obesity efforts. Last week,...

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Hang Up and Drive, Governor Brown

Steve Heilig | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Telephones, Automobiles, Driving, Governor Jerry Brown, Cars, Accidents, Cell Phones, Simitian, Nanny State, Jerry Brown, San Francisco News
Steve Heilig

Jerry Brown flubbed a big one this month when he vetoed a bill that would have significantly increased fines for using a cell phone for talk or texting while driving.

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Americans As Welfare Queens? It's a Dangerous Right-Wing Narrative

Caryl Rivers | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Welfare, Social Security, u.s. Nanny State, Nanny State, American Nanny State, America Welfare, Medicaid, Medicare, Politics News
Caryl Rivers

Conservatives are spinning a narrative that pictures the U.S. as a profligate, lazy, "entitled" society, one in which the Protestant work ethic has withered on the vine and citizens live beyond their means and rely on government handouts.

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Exhibit Reveals How The Government Influences The Way We Eat

Kerry Trueman | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Uncle Sam, Usda, American Diet, Food Safety, National Archives, Nanny State, Nutrition, Food News
Kerry Trueman

No wonder Uncle Sam looks so pained; he's been getting his arm twisted by lobbyists for nearly a hundred years. And food is no different.

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I Love 'Loosies': In Defense of Black Market Cigarettes

Christopher Mathias | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Loosies, Bloomberg, Nanny-State, Cigarettes, Smoking Ban, Ny News, Michael Bloomberg, New York Opinion, New York Smoking, New York Cigarette Tax, New York Cigarettes, New York News, Cigarette Tax, New York News
Christopher Mathias

People have the right to get fat and drink too much, and I should have the right to smoke without being taxed out of next month's rent.

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Bike Lanes: A Choice, Not a Metaphor

Howard Wolfson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Transportation, Bike Lanes New York Traffic, Prospect-Park-West-Bike-Lane, Manhattan Street Grid, Nanny State, Bike Lanes, New York News
Howard Wolfson

To paraphrase that great cyclist Sigmund Freud, sometimes a bike lane is just a bike lane. They serve a simple purpose -- to help provide all New Yorkers with more diverse transportation choices.

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'The Daily Show' Takes On The Nanny State (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Back in Black, Lewis Black, Daily Show Nanny State, Video, Daily Show, Nanny State, Lewis Black Video, Lewis Black Nanny State, Comedy News

Last night on "The Daily Show," Lewis Black did his "Back In Black" segment around the latest government regulations including TSA pat-downs, graphic ...

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The "Nanny State" Question

Frank A. Weil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, U.S. Economy, Nanny State, Political Debate, Legislation, Politics News
Frank A. Weil

We are facing a conundrum in how to break the vicious cycle of misunderstanding that can lead to perverse government policy action and mistakes.

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New Jersey's Kyleigh's Law Puts a Bullseye on Youth

Alex Koroknay-Palicz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, Teen Driving, Liberty, Nanny State, Youth Rights, New Jersey, Equal Rights, Kyleigh's Law, Sexual Predators, Ageism, Politics News
Alex Koroknay-Palicz

On May 1, a new law goes into effect in New Jersey that requires provisional drivers under 21 to put a red sticker on their license plate. The law, n...

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The Sunderlands: Parenting Versus Citizenship?

Aaron Harber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality Television, Citizenship, Reality TV, Nanny State, Laurence Sunderland, Abby Sunderland, Parenting, Marianne Sunderland, Sunderlands, Media News
Aaron Harber

As 16 year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her failed attempt to sail around the world, a debate raged about the quality of the decision-making on the part of her parents.

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Nanny State Begets Nanny City

Sean Paige | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Nanny State, Obamacare, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Denver News
Sean Paige

Brooksville, Florida Mayor Lara Bradburn really hates smoking, and smokers -- so much so that she wants the power to terminate city employees who don't kick the habit within a year.

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Sink the Bismarck!: Brewery Releases World's Strongest Beer At 41% ABV

Huffington Post | Colin Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011

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The flamboyantly competitive Scottish brewery BrewDog has released Sink the Bismarck!, a "quadruple IPA" that they say is the most alcoholic in the wo...

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Let's Ask Marion Nestle: Should Salt Be Regulated?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Processed Food, Salt, Dr. Marion Nestle, Salt Regulation, Sodium, Mayor Bloomberg, Nanny State, Food Industry, Green News
Kerry Trueman

The "invisible hand" of the market can't seem to let go of the salt shaker. Do you think we will ultimately end up having to regulate salt?

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Constitution: 1, Nanny State: 0

Justin Callaway | Posted 05.25.2011

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Justin Callaway

Forget all of the violent video game psycho-babble and nanny state talk, let's just teach the kids how to become scalpel-wielding, precision self-defenders.

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