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Reading Frog Entrails
The Iowa caucuses may be over by the time you read this. But it doesn’t matter. The caucuses are the second-most fraudulent event on the nation’s political calendar.
Three Cheers for the Nine-Spotted Ladybug
Great news, people! A colony of nine-spotted ladybugs has been discovered in Amagansett, New York.
Engineered Foods
Runaway Spending Cuts
Budget cuts are slippery.
‘Tis the Season to Shop at Tiffany’s
The economy is expanding, the unemployment rate is down, and consumers are spending again. The National Retail Federation expects holiday season sales to be up 3.8 percent over 2010, and other organizations predict increases of 3.5 percent to 4 percent. It all sounds like it’s shaping up to be a happy holiday season for America’s retailers.
The Lineup: Week of Dec. 19-25, 2011
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Chained COLAs and the Battle over Social Security
Like something out of a bad movie, the failed congressional supercommittee plotted to use “chained COLAs” to cut future Social Security benefits for America’s retired workers.
Too Many American Children Live in Poverty
The Census Bureau recently delivered some disturbing news about how the Great Recession and its aftermath are affecting the most vulnerable among us — America’s school children.
Cereal Crimes
Consumers purchasing Mother’s, Kashi, Whole Foods’ 365, and other leading “natural” breakfast cereals are routinely subjected to deceptive and abusive marketing practices, according to a recent report from the Cornucopia Institute, the organic food and farming industry watchdog organization I codirect.
Move Your Money to a Better Bank
During a key scene in the classic holiday film It’s A Wonderful Life, savings-and-loan proprietor George Bailey, played by Jimmy Stewart, memorably explains to the townspeople how his business works – that he’s not sitting on piles of money just because he runs a small, local bank.
