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Chicken Labeling at the Supermarket: Prepare to Be Surprised Jul. 25, 2023
If you've ever stood in the supermarket wondering if paying more for chicken that is free-range, ant... Read More
Free Speech Is the Ultimate Truth Sep. 16, 2021
Words have no meaning; they are malleable and subject to change at the whim of the powerful. Today, ... Read More
Warning: How the VA 'Red-Flags' Patriots Aug. 07, 2019
Gun-grabbing crisis vultures just can't let the latest mass shootings go to waste. "Red flag" laws a... Read More
What You Do Know Can Also Hurt You Oct. 13, 2016
We live in the information age, which is called that for the same reason the ice age got its name: a... Read More
Confused by Food Product Dating? Yes, We Are! Jun. 23, 2016
Pop quiz: You take a chicken out of the fridge to fix for dinner and notice that yesterday was the "... Read More
Warning: Labels Jun. 22, 2016
When you use a coffeepot, do you need a warning label to tell you: "Do not hold over people"? Must ... Read More
Politi-speak: Who Needs Clarity? Aug. 23, 2015
I get paid to listen to people (mostly politicians) talk at length while saying as little as possibl... Read More
Dangers of Sugarcoating Good News About the American Diet Jul. 31, 2015
In light of recent reports that we are only consuming a small fraction of the fruits and vegetables ... Read More
Refer Badness Jul. 15, 2015
Even as more people find it possible to buy edible medical marijuana products for what ails them, a ... Read More
Fred Kummerow, the Trans Fat Buster Jun. 26, 2015
On this particular day, the wiry old bespectacled gentleman prepares himself a lunch centered on a p... Read More
A Surprising Lack of Regulation for Herbal Supplements Apr. 10, 2015
In the latest volley in the unfolding story exposing the sale by some major retailers of fraudulentl... Read More
Beware of Bad Supplements Nov. 07, 2014
Research published in The Journal of the American Medical Association has confirmed what has long be... Read More
The Surge of Probiotics Oct. 17, 2014
There are claims made almost daily about the benefits to be found in a glass of wine — from lo... Read More
Things I Don't Understand Sep. 03, 2014
There are things that really puzzle me. Some life insurance companies charge lower premiums if you h... Read More
