In a wildly accusatory and jumbled column in today's Wisconsin State Journal, Mike Nichols attacks people from the East Coast and Indiana, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and anyone else who might think that there might be something about cheese that is bad for your health. He just skips over the link between fat, cholesterol, and sodium and poor health effects - even though this is the point of a billboard that is the focus of his article. Did he ask a coroner or a physician how many people have died from heart disease, diabetes, or similar obesity-related health problems? No, his 'experts' were the Executive Director of the National Historic Cheesemaking Center and the Green County Register of Deeds. I think that Mr. Nichols was actually phoning it in with this week's column. It's just a nonsensical rant which is a weak attempt at humor. I don't think people are buying what he's selling - at least not this tripe.
Note: When Mike Nichols is not writing his weekly op-ed piece at the Wisconsin State Journal, he is a Senior Fellow at the Wisconsin Public Research Institute - a conservative think tank based in Hartland, Wisconsin. The pro-business WPRI has a record of siding with commerce and industry against the environment and public health interests.
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