soft drinks
A surprisingly refreshing aftertaste (though maybe not for Mayor Bloomberg)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s supersized soft drink ban is struck down in court. Big Gulp lovers rejoice.
Idea alert
Mike Moffatt considers a pop tax.
NYC’s noble experiment
It’s part of a journalist’s job description to be an unflinching, rational observer in the face of phenomena that tempt one to recoil or spew: a crime scene, a mass grave… in this spirit, and in the spirit of Bryan Caplan’s Ideological Turing Test, I asked myself, “What’s the best possible defence one could make of New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed Big Gulp Ban*?” Bloomberg, as you may have heard, intends to outlaw the serving of sugary beverages in bottles or cups larger than 16 ounces at city-regulated food establishments.
Mom and pop operations
The latest trend in soft drinks is homemade ginger ale, root beer and blood orange, crushed