PICKED UP OFF THE ‘NET AND THE NY TIMES….. SPEAKS/EATS FOR ITSELF Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Health The Worst Foods in America We’ve all seen examples of fat-laden, high-calorie foods. But now a popular new nutrition book has picked the worst of the bunch. The book, “Eat This, Not That!” by Men’s Health editor-in-chief David [...]
NEWS RELEASE FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ON THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S IMMORAL AND HYPOCRITICAL TRICKLE-DOWN THEORY OF FREE MARKET ECONOMICS. SCREW THE LITTLE GUY AND SAVE THE BIG GUY! SOCIALISM FOR THE RICH AND FAMOUS, TOUGH LUCK FOR YOU AND ME….. VERY SOON, ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO CATCH UP WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS…….. By [...]
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES… The B Word By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: March 17, 2008 O.K., here it comes: The unthinkable is about to become the inevitable. Last week, Robert Rubin, the former Treasury secretary, and John Lipsky, a top official at the International Monetary Fund, both suggested that public funds might be needed to [...]
BILL PENNINGTON IN THE NEW YORK TIMES MAKES SOME VERY IMPORTANT POINTS HERE ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP BUSINESS, THE EXPECTATIONS, AND THE DISCONNECT WITH REALITY….. ARE YOU LISTENING KNPE/PHED 167? COMMENTS WELCOME HERE, OR ON THE COURSE PAGE. ——————————————— March 10, 2008 THE SCHOLARSHIP DIVIDE Expectations Lose to Reality of Sports Scholarships By BILL PENNINGTON At [...]
LET US HEAR FROM YOU…THE QUESTION IS MOOT….OR IS IT? (OR WHY MY BREASTS ARE GROWING……) AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water By JEFF DONN, MARTHA MENDOZA and JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press Writers Sunday, March 9, 2008 (03-09) 14:03 PDT , (AP) – A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers [...]
FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, CODA (WE HOPE) TO THE OBSCENE ACT AGAINST A PRINCIPLED, ANTIWAR TEACHER EARLIER LAST MONTH….. Instructor fired over loyalty oath reinstated Cal State East Bay teacher refused to sign on religious grounds By Richard C. Paddock Los Angeles Times Staff Writer March 8, 2008 HAYWARD, Calif. — A Quaker math [...]
AN EXCEPTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF “REDACTED” IN THE GUARDIAN…. No one wants to know Brian De Palma, Nick Broomfield and Paul Haggis have been called traitors and villains, their films branded ‘Bin Laden cinema’. They are desperate to tell the truth about what is going on in Iraq. But there seems little appetite for war films [...]