Archive: Apr 2002 (page2)

A Bad Taste

Frances Moore Lappe and Anna Lappe have forced their way back into the spotlight as they plug their new book, “Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet.” Last…
PostedApril 23, 2002 at12:00 am

The Charters Are No Martyrs

Presenting themselves as downtrodden ranchers facing off against an uncaring government, Steve and Jeanne Charter appeared in court last week, arguing that the Beef Checkoff program, which raises…
PostedApril 23, 2002 at12:00 am

Ruckus Regroups

While this weekend’s anti-“globalism” protests in Washington were a bust for left-wing activists, ignored by a nation with more important concerns, their fringe crusade against free markets and consumer freedom…
PostedApril 22, 2002 at12:00 am

Kennedy Bombs In Midwest

“Farmers shouldn’t expect an apology from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. regarding his comparison of pork producers to Osama bin Laden,” an attorney with Kennedy’s Waterkeeper Alliance told…
PostedApril 22, 2002 at12:00 am

ProtestCam.com

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PostedApril 19, 2002 at12:00 am

Behind The

The American Heart Association, the American Dietetic Association, and the Georgetown University Center for Food and Nutrition Policy have all made it clear that there are no “good foods” and…
PostedApril 18, 2002 at12:00 am

Behind The “Obesity Epidemic” (Part One of Two)

“The nation’s children — indeed, the world’s — are fatter than ever, with no end in sight to their increasing girth, and unless something is done now to reverse this…
PostedApril 17, 2002 at12:00 am

Accessories To Terror?

PETA’s web site compares the FBI-labeled terrorist group Animal Liberation Front (ALF) “to the French Resistance and the Underground Railroad,” Insight magazine reports. “PETA President Ingrid Newkirk says…
PostedApril 16, 2002 at12:00 am

Beat It, Bobby Jr.

When Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., brought his Water Keeper Alliance to Iowa a week ago, “he made an ass of himself,” writes David Yepsen, veteran columnist for…
PostedApril 16, 2002 at12:00 am

Form 1040 BMI

As Americans rush to finish off their tax forms and get them in the mail by midnight, the Internal Revenue Service is rushing ahead with plans to allow deductions for…
PostedApril 15, 2002 at12:00 am