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The First and Most Important Thing to Know About Food

March 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The First Thing You Need To Know About Food

Check out my lead-in to a special issue of Alternatives magazine on food; I give away the first and most important thing to know about food. Read More…

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Do Food and Health Policy Have Anything to do with the Arizona Murders?

January 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
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There’s something a tad self-absorbed about the outpouring of media grief and analysis over a shooting rampage that left six dead in Arizona. Analysis is normally reserved for things that have larger numbers attached to them, like the uneventful and painfully slow death from starvation each day of at least 16,000 children (some reputable agencies [...]

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The Problem Behind the Obesity Problem Keeps Getting Bigger

February 4, 2010 By 2 Comments

I went to school at a time when overweight was much rarer than sensitivity. We used to play a prank where we asked newcomers if they knew a way to lose ten pounds of ugly fat. Cut off your head, we’d roar. The error in scientific method that underlies this feeble joke is called “the [...]

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