As they saying goes: You are what you eat. So why does the Senate want you to be in a state of perpetual identity crisis? This week, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Barbara Boxer introduced an amendment to the Farm Bill that would allow states to force companies to label foods made with genetically modified ingredients. But despite American's growing concerns about the safety of transgenic food, and despite widespread public opinion in favor of such labels, the Senate roundly trounced the amendment. And instead of focusing on the issue of informed consumerism, prominent Senators opposed to the amendment dodged the issue, making a debate on transparency absurdly opaque.
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