MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: The real Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scandal

The Food and Drug Administration moves to make America unhealthy, again

In today’s letter: There’s a scandal brewing at the agency charged with keeping Americans safe from illness, and it’s got nothing to do with anyone’s tell-all book.

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The war of words over former political journalist Olivia Nuzzi’s new memoir and the details of her affair, entanglement, and off-the-books political consulting for current Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a damning indictment of celebrity culture and access journalism.

And it’s revealed more about Secretary Kennedy than most people would ever need or want to know (we won’t get into it here).

But the sordid details of how Kennedy got to where he is pale in comparison to what’s happening on his watch.