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Soda Scam Goes Hollywood (November 6, 2009)
The food finger-waggers were out in full force in Los Angeles yesterday. At a committee hearing more akin to a three-ring circus, state senators “explored” a supposed link between sugar-sweetened beverages and obesity. The hearing, called by state senator Alex Padilla, featured “Twinkie tax” creator Kelly Brownell and a gaggle of other public health activists lining up to “prove” the link while congratulating the panel...
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Meat
Vegetarian Book Makes Meatless Arguments (November 5, 2009)
When even a vegetarian calls your anti-meat book a “screed,” you know you’re in trouble. But that’s just what happened in today’s Washington Times review of Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book, Eating Animals. As reviewer A.G. Gancarski puts it, Foer’s book is lacking some flesh on its bones:
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Animal Rights
All Hail the Supreme Master! (Of Anti-Meat Propaganda) (November 4, 2009)
What do you get when you combine two obnoxious animal rights groups (the ridiculously misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the phony-baloney Humane Society of the United States) with a self-anointed “Supreme Master” cult leader? This Sunday’s climate change conference in Washington, DC. Speakers include reps from both animal rights groups, and the keynote address will be delivered by the “Supreme Master” Ching Hai....
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Naturopathy refers to a doctrine of “natural medicine” that teaches that the body’s “vital force” is the most important factor in healing and maintaining health. The approach has been criticized as largely pseudo-scientific, relying on dogma rather than d
7 Things You Didn't Know About HSUS
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is a “humane society” in name only, since it doesn’t operate a single pet shelter or pet adoption facility anywhere in the United States.
Take a Bite out of PETASign the petition to have PETA's tax-exemption status removed
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