Flying and Radiation Risks

| Mar 29, 2010 | Environment / Health|Peace / SecurityIn the aftermath of the foiled “underwear bomber” attack on Christmas Day, there’s a major push to install whole-body X-ray scanning machines at airport screening areas. It’s being led by former Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff, now a paid consultant for a...

Congress: Let My Tax Cut Expire

| | Economy / BusinessAs Congress begins debate over what to do about the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy, I hope it has the courage to let my tax cuts expire. It would be the right thing to do. Back in 2001, Congress voted for President Bush’s tax program, including substantial tax...

We are What We Eat

| Mar 26, 2010 | Environment / Health|Food / FarmingMatt Holland with True Majority and USAction writes, “That morsel at the end of your fork isn’t just food. It’s the product of fossil fuels, industrialized agriculture and chemical herbicides–all of which are destroying our environment and...

Lying with Statistics

| | UncategorizedPeter Hart at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) points out that Bill O’Reilly claimed that the New England Journal of Medicine denounced health-care reform. But…that wasn’t, you know, true. He cited some statistics about how supposedly...