Archive: May 2002 (page2)

Still Violent, Still Extreme

Animal rights extremists continue their campaign of terror, not chastened a bit by September 11. The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) has taken responsibility for a firebombing in Indiana…
PostedMay 16, 2002 at12:00 am

Soda Scares More Fizz Than Fact

“Soda pop is today’s cause celebre of the anti-obesity campaign,” writes Rocky Mountain News columnist Mary Winter. “Twelve states are considering laws to tax or ban pop sales…
PostedMay 16, 2002 at12:00 am

Snack Food Slippery Slope

Food is not tobacco. But, as we have reported over the past several months, the campaign to treat restaurant food like tobacco — to restrict where it is sold,…
PostedMay 15, 2002 at12:00 am

Fishing For A Story?

CBS News ran a scare story on what anchor Dan Rather called “super salmon” last week — “the fish that’s genetically altered to grow to full size much more…
PostedMay 14, 2002 at12:00 am

Saving Lives Through Science

Norman Borlaug’s Green Revolution of the 1960s created “extra food [that] saved perhaps a billion people from starving.” And now, Borlaug says genetic improvement technology can help the world…
PostedMay 14, 2002 at12:00 am

Twisted Definitions of ‘Nonviolence’

Is animal rights extremism “a vision of Gandhian nonviolence“? How about a “vision of nonviolence that protects life for all people and all creatures”? That’s what the PETA-owned…
PostedMay 13, 2002 at12:00 am

Report Sprouts Chemical Reaction

An attempt to promote organic produce through biased scientific research has boomeranged against activists, with the press ignoring their spin and focusing on the real story: Organic foods contain…
PostedMay 9, 2002 at12:00 am

A Piece Of Greenpeace Action

Would-be contributors who get telemarketing calls from Greenpeace could be doing more to line the pockets of professional fundraisers than the cause they think they’re supporting. Greenpeace made the…
PostedMay 8, 2002 at12:00 am

Fish Story

The “Take a Pass on Chilean Sea Bass” campaign will roll into Washington, D.C., tomorrow, at which time anti-seafood activists will reveal a list of more than 60…
PostedMay 7, 2002 at12:00 am

The Secret Garden

This morning’s Detroit Free Press heaps praise on Ohio’s Chef’s Garden farm, frequented by America’s leading celebrity chefs. But there’s more to the story than what’s sprouted through…
PostedMay 7, 2002 at12:00 am