The nanny state and shaken baby syndrome
If governmental paternalism is akin to a "nanny" state, then this is the equivalent of Shaken Baby Syndome:
At the mayor’s urging this week, New York’s Board of Health voted to ban restaurant use of artificial trans fats, those liquid oils made solid through hydrogenation and found in all manner of fried, baked and processed foods. Many of these products aren’t particularly healthy, but then neither are many products people enjoy that contain sugar and caffeine, substances that New York hasn’t outlawed. At least not yet.
* The Bloomberg Diet [WSJ]
[Crossposted at Fresh Politics]
