Op-eds/Letters to the Editor

How Congress Can Bridge the Divide: Face Each Other and Talk
The Hill | August 27, 2024

A Forgotten Founding Father and America’s Uptick in Antisemitism
InsideSources | August 27, 2024

Access to Weight-Loss Drugs Could Drastically Improve Societal Equity: Readers Weigh In
The Washington Post | August 23, 2024

Lies, Lies, Lies—We’re Not Helpless Against Them
Tribune Content Agency | June 24, 2024

You May Be Entitled to Compensation’: The Most Expensive Chemicals Ever Regulated
RealClearHealth | April 15, 2024

The ‘Natural’ Food Debate Continues…To Get the Word Wrong
Pioneer Press | March 16, 2024

How ‘Startling’ Findings Outpace Thorough Science in Policymaking
InsideSources | November 15, 2023

Can the FDA Be Fixed?
InsideSources | September 26, 2022

The Infant Formula Blame Game
The Hill | June 4, 2022

The IRS Doesn’t Need More Workers, It Needs Less Work
The Courier-Times | March 31, 2022

Can the FDA Regulate Away the Perils of Outdoor Crops?
The Hill | February 23, 2022

Nutrition Policy Without Politics
The Eagle-Tribune | January 25, 2022

The Next Economic Battle: Striving for Simplicity
RealClearPolicy | October 6, 2021

Nutrition Science Moves On
Trib Live | September 1, 2021

Are We Entering the ‘Age of the Individual?’
InsideSources | August 1, 2021

Doing Less with More: FDA's Food Budget Ask
RealClearPolicy | June 15, 2021

Two Films Offer Hope for a Divided Country
InsideSources | May 19, 2021

Marie Kondo for OMB?
InsideSources | March 24, 2021

When Scientific Data is Transparent, We All Benefit
RealClearPolicy | January 21, 2021

The Fight du Jour Is No Scapegoat for a Mounting Debt and Health Crisis
The Hill | December 15, 2020

Whither Small Businesses?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 24, 2020

A Cocktail for COVID Relief
Newsday | August 24, 2020

Still Navigating the Shining Seas
InsideSources | July 24, 2020

How Agencies Can Help Small Business
InsideSources | June 16, 2020

On a Doctor’s Right to Try in the Age of COVID-19
Tribune News Service | June 13, 2020

Times Like These Call for Will Rogers
InsideSources | May 8, 2020

FDA Is Slowing Down Production of Hand Sanitizers
The Hill | March 28, 2020

Annual Office of Management and Budget Report is Ground Zero for Regulatory Clashes
The Washington Times | February 12, 2020

Mister Rogers Had It Right: Trust in Your Neighbors
InsideSources | November 21, 2019

Regulatory Reform is a Start, But We Need New Ways of Making Laws
RealClearPolicy | July 1, 2019

Chernobyl: A Teachable Moment
Tribune News Service | June 24, 2019

Can We Have Our Insects and Eat Them, Too?
InsideSources | March 5, 2019

Regulators Must First Admit Defeat on Nutrition Labels to Improve
The Hill | February 7, 2019

Time to Replace the Word ‘Sustainable’
InsideSources | January 9, 2019

'Clean Meat' (or 'Frankenfood') Will Lead to Tough Choices
New York Daily News | October 8, 2018

The ‘I’ Factor
InsideSources | August 28, 2018

How to Make Science Trustworthy Again
RealClearPolicy | July 19, 2018

When it Comes to Food, What's in a Name?
Tribune News Service | June 21, 2018

National Nutrition Month Should Focus on Innovation
Tribune News Service | March 21, 2018

On Year-End Government Waste and What It Points To
Tribune News Service | December 12, 2017

Food Labeling Ineffective in Solving Obesity Crisis
Las Vegas Sun | November 14, 2017

Forget Nutrition Labels—When Will Real Obesity Solutions Emerge?
Newsday | November 10, 2017

Putting Faith in Improved Nutrition Labels Still Misguided
Newsday | June 22, 2017

Gottlieb's FDA Should Focus on Food Safety Policy
RealClearPolicy | May 31, 2017

Get Bureaucrats out of Medical Decisions
InsideSources | July 26, 2016

Time to Celebrate Red, White, Blue—Not Red Tape
RealClearPolicy | July 1, 2016

Overregulated Britain
U.S. News & World Report | June 20, 2016

The Brexit Vote is a Referendum on the European Union's Thousands of Stifling Regulations
Reason | June 22, 2016

Why the New Nutrition Labels Won't Work
Politico | May 23, 2016

Should the Government Have a Monopoly on Public Health?
InsideSources | March 31, 2016

FDA's Budget Should Not Be Labeled 'Mandatory' Spending
The Hill | March 9, 2016

The FDA and Martin Shkreli’s Sunken Treasure
Tribune News Service | February 26, 2016

The Food and Drug Administration Needs to Change After 110 Years
U.S. News & World Report | February 1, 2016

The Illusion of Safety
U.S. News & World Report | December 29, 2015

Congress and the FDA Are Blocking Medical Innovation
U.S. News & World Report | November 30, 2015

The Martian vs. The FDA on How to Science Stuff
InsideSources | November 11, 2015

Newfangled Ways of the FDA
The Hill | September 16, 2015

FSMA: No Safety, No Modernization
Food Safety News | August 31, 2015

Guilty Verdict Puts Food Safety Responsibility Where It Belongs
Food Safety News | September 24, 2015

GMO Labels Won't Make Foods Safer, Only More Expensive
Tribune News Service | November 9, 2015

Kim Kardashian vs FDA
USA Today | August 21, 2015

Trans Fat Ban Just a Shot in the Dark
The Orange County Register | June 26, 2015

Healthcare Cures and Innovation for the 21st Century
The Hill | May 29, 2015

Toxicity, Too Much of a Good Thing?
InsideSources | May 28, 2015

Only You Can Stop Food Safety Outbreaks
U.S. News & World Report | May 4, 2015

Medical Devices are No Sin
The Hill | February 13, 2015

Unleashing Innovation
U.S. News & World Report | January 26, 2015

Less Food Policy, Not More
U.S. News & World Report | November 17, 2014

Defining Natural Is a Waste of FDA Resources
The New York Times | November 10, 2014

The Debt Deniers Who Threaten America’s Future
The Hill | September 12, 2014

A Closer Look at Energy Efficiency
The Washington Times | May 16, 2014

Farm Bill Dumps $30 Million on Nonexistent Catfish Threat
U.S. News & World Report | May 6, 2014

How Obama Is Keeping Small Businesses Down
U.S. News & World Report | March 25, 2014

Money Hungry: More FDA Funding Doesn't Equal Better Food Safety.
U.S. News & World Report | March 3, 2014

Eat Better Without Big Brother
USA Today | January 23, 2014

Obama’s Budding Nanny State
Politico | December 8, 2013

Questionable Methods for Protecting Consumers
The Hill | November 19, 2013

Don’t Neglect Analysis in Public Health Debate
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | October 14, 2013

Broadcast

Richard Williams Discusses the World after Brexit on the Financial Myth Busting Show

Richard Williams on the John Gambling Radio Show (New York)

Richard Williams Discusses Why the New Food Nutrition Labels Do Not Work

Richard Williams Discussing Food Nutrition Labeling on C-SPAN

Richard Williams on KFGO Radio (North Dakota)

Richard Williams Discusses Food Safety on the Steve Gruber Show

Richard Williams Discusses the Fifth Anniversary of Dodd-Frank at Marketplace

Richard Williams Discussing Bans on Trans Fats and Food Labeling Standards on C-Span

Richard Williams Analyzes Proposed Trans Fat Ban for WBAL

Richard Williams discusses Food Safety on the Diane Rehm Show

Richard Williams discusses the Dodd-Frank Act on FBN

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