Archive: Aug 2008

Quote of the Week

As the anti-meat fringe slowly merges with the environmental movement, it’s always refreshing to find a dose of reality among the grand promises of green-living devotees who swear –…
PostedAugust 28, 2008 at12:00 am

Oscar Mayer Gets Swift-Boated. Are We Listening?

The animal rights crazies at the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) are at it again, blanketing America with a TV ad re-branding hot dogs as the…
PostedAugust 27, 2008 at12:00 am

PETA’s Newest Finger Lickin’ Phony

Here’s a thinker: You’re Sophie Monk, an Australian starlet who posed naked in a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals “vegetarian” ad 10 months ago, telling…
PostedAugust 26, 2008 at12:00 am

More Milk. Fewer Cows. What’s The Problem?

Environmental activists have been congratulating themselves left and right over the news of Monsanto’s decision to sell off its production-boosting synthetic dairy hormone (recombinant bovine somatotropin, or rBST).
PostedAugust 22, 2008 at12:00 am

Appeal To Lewis Black: PETA Is The Root Of All Evil

Every so often, an entertainment gem comes along that makes us truly glad we have TiVo. Last night, the Comedy Central network aired a new episode of comedian Lewis…
PostedAugust 21, 2008 at12:00 am

Quote of the Day

Food cops want to control our diet. And redefining food as a health threat is the easiest way to do that. Taking this to heart, nanny-minded groups like the Center…
PostedAugust 20, 2008 at12:00 am

David vs. Goliath

Battle lines have been drawn in the war against obesity. And stakes for consumers and businesses alike are rising to legendary heights as the two competing sides — fatness vs.
PostedAugust 19, 2008 at12:00 am

Violence For Animals? It’s Only Natural.

 A host of experts from all walks of life have weighed in about the recent animal-rights firebombing of a Santa Cruz, California biomedical researcher’s home (with his children inside).
PostedAugust 18, 2008 at12:00 am

Michael vs. Michael (Fitness vs. Food)

France, Japan, Britain, Australia: this list catalogs countries with athletes participating in the Summer Olympics. But it also represents governments with officials who are increasingly viewing individual diets as…
PostedAugust 14, 2008 at12:00 am

Fitness, Fatness, And Half-Baked Schemes

A British public health “expert” is lobbying Parliament to force the food industry to cover “fatty” items in cigarette-style warning labels. As recent events suggest, health officials are obsessed…
PostedAugust 13, 2008 at12:00 am