 | John Luik is Senior Fellow in public policy at the Democracy Institute in Washington DC. His work centres on the use of science in policy and the legitimacy of government intervention to change risky personal behaviour. |
Diet Nation: Exposing the Obesity Crusade (Social Affairs Unit, 2006)
'Turn That Racket Off' [Opens in new window]
"The 2006 Battle of Ideas did what it said on the tin: prejudices were punctured, common wisdom was questioned and original thinking honoured. The saying was coined in Texas, but I suggest that the Battle of Ideas adopts it as the conference motto: ‘sacred cows make the best burgers."
George Brock, Saturday Editor, The Times