As the news unfolds, we're staying on top of mad-cow hysteria and activist hype. Here's a sampling of what's on our radar screen today.
A mad-cow-related editorial in the
Las Vegas Review-Journal called "
Candidates do no favors by promoting far-fetched fears" argues: "the greatest danger to America's...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and other authorities continue to assure us that
our meat supply is safe -- and it appears that Americans believe them.
Cheeseburger sales at fast-food restaurants seem unaffected. But if there's a chance for scaremongering about the American meat supply,...
Michael Hansen's outburst about mad cow disease isn't his first attempt at deliberate scare-mongering ("Panic on beef feared," Dec. 25).
In 1998, Hansen claimed that "thousands of (mad cow) cases a year" would soon develop among the American people. But all the best science, evidence and expert predictions indicate this...
Re "States, nation issue beef-safety assurances," Dec. 25: John Stauber is not an agriculture expert. He is, by profession, an anti-business radical. Yet, somehow, his voice manages to sneak into serious media coverage of mad cow disease.
Stauber's doom-and-gloom pronouncements are driven by his bitter bias against traditional food...
John Stauber is not an agriculture expert. He is, by profession, an anti-business radical. Yet somehow his voice manages to sneak into serious media coverage of mad-cow disease.
Stauber's doom-and-gloom pronouncements are driven by his bitter bias against traditional food-production methods. He sits on the national board of an...
(Washington) Reckless activists -- including John Stauber, a national board member of the Organic Consumers Association -- are already using the USDA’s mad-cow disease announcement as a hook to create panic over America's food supply. Minutes after USDA Secretary Ann Veneman's Tuesday news conference, Stauber declared on CNN: "My...
Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman says that "
beef is absolutely safe to eat." Harvard University experts note that the risk of Americans contracting mad cow disease is "
as close to zero as you can get." Every reputable expert tells us that the American meat...
July 4th is traditionally the summer's best time for a barbecue. On one of the biggest beef consumption days of the year, we are happy to say that the
North American mad-cow scare of 2003 is most likely over.
This despite the antics of anti-consumer lunatics like those...
If you're among the millions of Americans whose summer plans include a sandy beach and a wild work of fiction, we recommend taking along mad-cow disease selections from
New Scientist magazine,
The New York Times, or the
Great Falls Tribune. Or perhaps your tastes run more toward...
True to form, the animal-rights nuts at
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have wasted no time in taking advantage of
Tuesday's Canadian mad-cow announcement. This morning's
Calgary Herald reports:
An internationally known animal rights group will be distributing "emergency vegetarian starter kits" outside an Edmonton grocery...
