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Food Scares
Acrylamide Hype, Back in the Fryer (January 4, 2010)
Yesterday, The Sacramento Bee published a nutrition quiz on a subject we haven’t seen much in a while: acrylamide. Acrylamide is a chemical generally produced during the process of frying, roasting, or baking vegetables. A few researchers have suggested that acrylamide could increase the human risk of cancer, which resulted in predictable activist-driven scaremongering about potato chips and coffee a few years back. All led,...
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Animal Rights
Court Decision Bullhooks HSUS Executive (December 31, 2009)
Yesterday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Ringling Bros. circus brought by a herd of animal activist groups, including the Fund for Animals (FFA), now a branch of the animal-rights “Humane Society” of the United States (HSUS). While the ruling was based on a legal technicality, the finer details indicate something sinister: a pay-to-play conspiracy involving HSUS executive Michael Markarian. Let’s take a...
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Animal Rights
Unpacking the HSUS Gravy Train (December 30, 2009)
There are only two things certain in life, as the saying goes, and a byproduct of one of them requires nonprofit organizations to file paperwork with the IRS. So now that the deceptively named “Humane Society” of the United States (HSUS) has submitted its "Form 990" for 2008, we thought it was time to take a close look. The tax filing itself is a bit...
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Don't Sue The Hand That Feeds You (Thanksgiving Edition)
It really is the most wonderful time of the year for food activists. A cornucopia-- no, a moveable feast-- of nutritional puritans have already descended on Thanksgiving planners.
The Naturopathy Movement
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.
It really is the most wonderful time of the year for food activists. A cornucopia-- no, a moveable feast-- of nutritional puritans have already descended on Thanksgiving planners.
The Naturopathy Movement
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.
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