Introduction Almost everything written about the enzyme in 90% of North American cheese has missed the most consequential fact about it: the patents expired. Fermentation-produced chymosin (FPC), the genetically engineered coagulant developed by Pfizer and approved by the FDA in March 1990, is not protected intellectual property. The foundational patents lapsed years ago. The technology is in the public domain....
July 17, 2026
LATEST NEWS
City Hall Doesn’t Have a Foreign Policy
A commissioner in New York City’s municipal government put the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran on her official calendar while the United States and Iran were exchanging fire. The State Department found out about it from someone other than the city. The meeting was scrubbed only after federal officials sat down with City Hall to explain, in the...
NJ Registration, Curriculum Review, and Wellness Checks
TRENTON — Three bills before the New Jersey Legislature would end the state’s status as one of the least-regulated homeschooling jurisdictions in the country. One would require families to register with their school district each year. One would require them to submit a curriculum aligned with state standards and an annual portfolio evaluated by a third party. One would require...
DAILY FEED
#250FOR250
FEATURED STORIES
The Patent on the Cheese Enzyme Expired Years Ago. So Why Does One Company Still Supply Most of the Market?
Introduction Almost everything written about the enzyme in 90% of North American cheese has missed the most consequential fact about...
City Hall Doesn’t Have a Foreign Policy
A commissioner in New York City’s municipal government put the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran on her official...
NJ Registration, Curriculum Review, and Wellness Checks
TRENTON — Three bills before the New Jersey Legislature would end the state’s status as one of the least-regulated homeschooling...
StubHub’s CEO Is Also a Professional Ticket Reseller
StubHub founder and chief executive Eric Baker is a part owner and managing partner of Andro Capital, an investment fund...
How Much of the U.S. Economy Is Tax-Exempt? Nobody Officially Knows
America’s nonprofit sector is no longer a rounding error in the national economy. Federal data show tax-exempt organizations contributed more...
Iowa’s Rising Cancer Rates Collide With a Federal Order Shielding Glyphosate
Iowa now records the second-highest rate of new cancer diagnoses in the United States, trailing only Kentucky, and is one...
Before Blaming Israel: How the Palestinian Economy Absorbed a Self-Inflicted Blow in the Gulf
It has become a reflex in much commentary on the Palestinian economy to trace its condition to a single source:...
Rap Falls Out of the Billboard Top 40 as the Lakers Project an All-White Starting Five: A Look at the ‘DEI Backlash’ Debate Behind the Headlines
Two unrelated developments in American popular culture converged in the fall of 2025 and, together, revived a long-running argument about...