Archive: Feb 2003 (page3)

A Cookie a Day

Researchers at the University of Colorado are saying that the so-called “obesity epidemic” boils down to 100 calories a day. That’s the equivalent of a small cookie. It’s…
PostedFebruary 11, 2003 at12:00 am

The Animal Rights ‘Industry’ Gets Teeth

The animal rights dogma seems to be gaining ground everywhere you look — even in state legislatures and governors’ mansions. In Colorado, lawmakers are set to debate a…
PostedFebruary 11, 2003 at12:00 am

And the Winner Is –

If you read the New York Post or the Washington Times, you’ve probably already read about our 2002 “Tarnished Halo” awards (United Press International…
PostedFebruary 10, 2003 at12:00 am

Soda Prohibition in the American West

Pouring soda down the gutter last week as if it were gin in the prohibitionist twenties, activists in Denver chanted “dump Pepsi now.” The protest was part of…
PostedFebruary 10, 2003 at12:00 am

Give Us All a Break!

“He’s blowing buildings up and you’re giving him money.” That’s a summary of PETA’s relationship with convicted arsonist Rodney Coronado, as delivered on Friday night’s “20/20” broadcast by ABC’s…
PostedFebruary 10, 2003 at12:00 am

Our Week In Review

If you’ve been reading the Center for Consumer Freedom’s Daily Headlines this week… You’ve read about PETA’s polls that ask misleading questions and misrepresent public…
PostedFebruary 7, 2003 at12:00 am

We (Don’t) Brake for Animals

A contingent from the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) snuck into the parking lot of Chicago seafood distribution company Supreme Lobster early Sunday morning and cut the four brake…
PostedFebruary 6, 2003 at12:00 am

Concern Grows in Fresno

In today’s Los Angeles Times, staff reporter Stuart Silverstein spells out the legitimate concerns being expressed by some at Cal State Fresno, following the announcement of a “revolutionary environmentalism”…
PostedFebruary 6, 2003 at12:00 am

Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad

Today’s Washington Post reports that PETA co-founder and president Ingrid Newkirk has faxed a letter to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, pleading with him to stop the senseless killing of…
PostedFebruary 5, 2003 at12:00 am

Junior Goes Off the Deep End

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., nephew of a former president and son of a former attorney general, is one of the environmental movement’s most obnoxious firebrands. A recent…
PostedFebruary 4, 2003 at12:00 am