
After two days of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is likely to be the next U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services—but there’s no reason to clutch your canola oil just yet. Senators threw buzzwords like “conspiracy theories” and “anti-vaccine” at Kennedy in Wednesday’s Senate hearing. Rhode Island’s Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse told Kennedy, “You frighten people.” Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon called Kennedy’s books on vaccines “junk science.” Kennedy made it very clear: He is not coming for our food or vaccines. “I don’t want to take...