Archive: Feb 2010 (page2)

Personal Responsibility Still Ahead?

By now, you’ve probably heard about the new White House initiative to combat childhood obesity, spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama. It’s a noble goal. In anticipation of this announcement, Forbes columnist…
PostedFebruary 11, 2010 at12:00 am

The Winter of Wayne’s Discontent

As Washington, DC deals with Phase II of the 2010 Snowpocalypse, Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) president Wayne Pacelle has been showing his own…
PostedFebruary 10, 2010 at12:00 am

CSPI: Kings of Gripe

The food scolds at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) have long had bones to pick with — well, seemingly everything that tastes good, from movie theater popcorn to fettuccine alfredo. One of…
PostedFebruary 9, 2010 at12:00 am

Attack Dog

If you’re on any of the many e-mail lists maintained by the Humane Society of the United States, you probably saw a desperate plea for money last night from…
PostedFebruary 9, 2010 at12:00 am

Fishy Trade Maneuvers

Trade wars? Catfish? Vietnam? These are all things we don’t normally talk about, but today they all meet. Trust us. It’s interesting. The domestic catfish industry (largely located along the…
PostedFebruary 3, 2010 at12:00 am

Quote of the Week

We almost missed this important opinion piece, coming from Down Under. Anaesthetist Michael Keene, adapting his American Journal of Bioethics article for The Australian, eviscerates the philosophy behind…
PostedFebruary 2, 2010 at12:00 am

Seeing the Shadow of the Animal Rights Movement

Think Groundhog Day is safe from the wingnut antics of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)? Think again. PETA has sent a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club,…
PostedFebruary 1, 2010 at12:00 am