“As we told you yesterday, the fight between advocates of consumer freedom and the nanny state’s henchmen is coming to a head in New York City, as local lawmakers have unanimously voiced their support for an outright ban on a popular culinary bogeyman: trans fat. Knowing full well that the modus operandi of these food scolds is to hyperbolize their way into the spotlight, we’ve created a helpful online tool — www.Trans-FatFacts.com — to give you the reality, not rhetoric, about trans fats. Unsurprisingly, the truth about trans fat turns out be significantly more complicated and less scary than the folks at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and the Big Apple’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene suggest. Here are just a few of the facts that activists, trial lawyers, and overzealous legislators haven’t told you.” (09/28/06)