Julie Gunlock is director of the Culture of Alarmism project at the Independent Women's Forum. Before joining IWF, Gunlock served as a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and on the House Homeland Security Committee, and on the staffs of Ohio Senators Mike DeWine and George Voinovich. Gunlock has also worked at the American Red Cross and served six weeks on the ground in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Gunlock received her bachelor's degree in political science from St. Mary's College of Maryland in 1994. She has written about food and culture for the Washington Post, the Washington Examiner, and National Review. She lives in Virginia with her husband and two young and active boys. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:01:00 GMT Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Typically environmental organizations target consumers with overwrought warnings of how some everyday product or activity is destroying the world and threatening their health. Yet now, activists are turning their... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2013/06/15/radical-environmentalists-should-mind-their-own-business-n1620349 89c645e8-f652-459d-b898-95db39cd85ce Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:01:00 GMT Christmas party season is upon us; a time to raise a glass and enjoy time with friends and family. Yet, this year, you might want to savor that mug of Christmas grog or rum-spiked eggnog a little more since regulators... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2012/12/05/the_grinch_who_stole_the_christmas_cocktail 8130cd23-6a37-49fb-a4ed-ba798dd31692 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 05:01:00 GMT As sure as the sun rises in the morning, Americans can count on their televisions and newspapers to brim with daily reports of all the dangerous products lurking in their homes. Women in particular are told commonplace... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2012/09/25/manufactured_fear_drives_needless_regulations 4c35451e-76e4-431f-8c30-6d643def65ad Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:01:00 GMT Mayor Bloomberg's recent decision to outlaw the Big Gulp in New York City in the name of promoting public health made news headlines as well as fodder for some pretty scathing one-liners from the late night comedians. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2012/07/10/its_best_to_take_government_health_advice_with_a_pinch_of_salt 6b889967-ab5f-413e-af70-2e75b18399e1 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:01:00 GMT Left unchecked, 42 percent of American adults will be obese by 2030. That was the headline grabbing conclusion of a 400-plus page report released by the Institute of Medicine (IoM) last month, which also found... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2012/06/12/antiobesity_efforts_are_fattening_government 856f309e-b450-493b-8c8e-540e836af847 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:01:00 GMT When soft drinks were invented in the late 18th century, they were sold mainly in pharmacies and used for their "medicinal qualities," which were thought to treat everything from stomach ailments to headaches and even... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2012/03/27/this_summer_lets_stop_blaming_soda f55126da-b9c0-45e8-9d81-3d1151577418 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:01:00 GMT The media likes to use the word "epidemic" and "health crisis" to hype problems and draw an audience's attention. When we are talking about the so-called "childhood obesity epidemic," a little sober analysis would... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2011/10/18/food_advertisers_are_not_to_blame_for_childhood_obesity 097b1bf9-32fe-49a5-b247-a169909df785 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:01:00 GMT Nearly 80 years after prohibition ended, the temperance movement in the United States continues to thrive in the form of state-run liquor stores which attempt to limit consumption of liquor through price... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2011/09/27/a_temperance_movement_for_the_big_government_generation 7de7df39-0e20-471e-a5d3-7b8c4f2fbd7c Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:01:00 GMT This Independence Day, Americans everywhere will fire up their grills, pack a picnic basket, or head out to a friends' house for a day of celebration. Most will end the night huddled together outside, watching a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2011/06/28/this_july_4th_celebrate_food_independence_day 56883efc-7f0a-4003-b5f9-0c6036f04281 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:01:00 GMT Parents have many responsibilities. Getting the kids up and ready for school, making sure they do their homework and practice proper manners. Parents manage carpools, play-dates and sleepovers; they sooth scraped... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2011/04/11/new_york_welcomes_the_unhappy_meal d1d0f7e5-2f50-4870-86cd-ef27582572b8 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:51:00 GMT The media is swooning: Republican Governors Mike Huckabee and Chris Christie recently defended First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign. The New Jersey Star Ledger editorial board praised Governor Christie for... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2011/03/08/bigger_ambitions_lurk_in_the_white_house_vegetable_garden b761d766-e523-4a53-aea8-d51d0ac2cd04 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:28:53 GMT President Obama touted the health care bill as a jobs creator and a vehicle for economic growth. Yet not even a week passed before U.S. businesses started warning about the new law's costs. Don't expect business to... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2010/04/05/the_new_health_care_bill_is_a_jobs_killer 626d20d1-4f52-42ca-8b1f-4de2e6338953 Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:28:47 GMT Washington continues to focus on health care, but more recently some prominent political figures have narrowed in on the health-care issue of obesity. While it may seem like the topic du jour, obesity has long been a... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2010/03/09/washington_is_more_likely_to_shrink_wallets_than_waistlines 4bc1d705-dee5-4fac-9cde-3e0706b5b628 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:01:00 GMT Instead of the typical slow holiday news cycle, the week between Christmas and New Year's featured near non-stop coverage of the Christmas Day terrorist attack on Delta Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam. Yet in all... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2010/01/05/one_first_line_of_defense 000c569b-094a-4775-87ab-7f50042facbb Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:01:00 GMT Capitalism seems rather out of fashion these days. Whether it's President Obama's penchant for taking over private industry, Congress' uncontrolled spending, or the media's near-constant attacks on Wall Street, one can... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2009/10/16/capitalism__still_popular,_despite_the_bad_pr 792e450d-fad3-47bc-994f-60aedcabd8f9 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:05:00 GMT The Honduran government was protecting democracy and respecting the rule of law when it ousted President Manual Zelaya, the democratically elected leader who has worked since coming into office to dismantle the very... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2009/07/28/zelaya's_ouster--good_for_honduran_women c3473ded-4b28-4599-9a37-667723486c9b Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:53:47 GMT Co-Authored by Carrie Lukas In a recent interview with the BBC, President Obama said "the U.S. cannot impose its values on other nations." That sounds like common sense in this era of multiculturalism: Who are we t http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JulieGunlock/2009/07/20/womens_rights_is_a_value_worth_imposing bb2d9344-cc1e-4aaa-90d3-eb4dff282f76 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:20:50 GMT