Posts Tagged ‘Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’

Kennedy's New Book on Supposed Dangers of Thimerosal

This weekend I have a profile on Robert Kennedy Jr. in the Washington Post magazine. During our numerous conversations over the phone and in person, I found him to be candid, self-deprecating, and unshakably confident in his belief that thimerosal was a dangerous ingredient that should not be in vaccines. (It was phased out of U.S. pediatric…Continue Reading…

Anti-Science Liberals that Get a Pass

When I saw this recent RFKJr Huffington Post column, titled “The Fracking Industry’s War On The New York Times–And The Truth,” I tweeted: RFKJr has waged war on truth w/his anti-vax nuttery and cape wind nimbyism. If you’re unfamiliar with this history, read here and here. On Cape wind, RFKJr is simply hypocritical. But his anti-vax…Continue Reading…