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June 29, 2004
Close on the heels of the TIME/ABC
News Obesity Summit in Colonial Williamsburg, new research may have
discovered the possibility that the increase in the numbers of obese
Americans could correlate closely…
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February 11, 2004
Journalists are usually quite reserved about using the military as
arbiters of scientific credibility. One may recall, for example, the
outraged skepticism expressed over the Pentagons plans to study the…
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January 22, 2004
Two studies, one suggesting
that 30 percent of US children surveyed reported eating fast food on
at least one of the two days they were studied, the other claiming
that our teenagers believe they are the…
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January 20, 2004
Claims that global warming will cause
mass extinction by 2050 were received with uniformly sympathetic
coverage by media outlets. Newspapers in Britain, Canada and the
United States featured stories…
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December 21, 2005
The Christmas shopping season culminated a strong year for the U.S.
economy. But instead of ringing out the old year and toasting the
economys success, 43 percent of Americans think were in a…
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December 7, 2005
Holiday traditions are grounded in stories from the past, including
how St. Nicholas became Jolly St. Nick. But some storytellers are
hard at work no matter what the season. You can always trust the…
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December 7, 2005
Economist Brian Wesbury has called them Pouting Pundits of
Pessimism. These are the members of the media who seem to be
focused on the negatives and cant find the positives in the
economic…
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November 30, 2005
Housing prices are going through the roof. After the dot-com bubble,
we need to be extremely cautious with our money and steer clear of
something risky like purchasing homes. We need to avoid having the…
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November 18, 2005
This holiday season is a bittersweet one for the entire country. For
most people, the theme for this Thanksgiving will certainly be
strength in the face of adversity. America has weathered a season of…
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November 18, 2005
In case you didnt know, Wal-Mart not only wants to take over the
world, destroy communities and stick it to workers it wants to let
you die in its parking lot.
Thats the picture of the…