Royal Douche

That blue-blooded tax burden known as Prince Charles is spouting off about the alleged dangers of genetically modified crops. This comes after he loudly defended the practice and implementation of homeopathy, an imaginary "science" that claims water can cure diseases if you wish hard enough (I'm paraphrasing). In an interview with the Daily Telegraph (which should really update its name to incorporate technology that's still in use), His Royal Idiocy claims that cultivating GM foods would destroy small farmers, place the world's food supply in the evil hands of giant corporations, and lead to the worst environmental disaster known to history. All of these claims would be cause for alarm if they weren't the exact opposite of truth. First of all, small farmers who use GM crops will actually make more money, as they'll have higher yields with less work. Also, pest and disease-resistant GM crops require less toxic pesticides and herbicides, protecting the ground water supply. Plus, the increased efficiency means less land has to be cultivated for farming. It's also telling that GM crops have been most readily adopted and most successfully grown in poor developing countries who aren't privy to the kind of paranoid nonsense spouted by a walking, ear-flapping anachronism like Charles. You can read the interview here, and enjoy some insightful commentary on reason magazine's Hit & Run blog here.