| Jul 24, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyWhat do you think of when you hear the words “internet surveillance”? If you’ve been following the news, you might be thinking about the National Security Agency’s PRISM spying program. Or maybe you’re recalling debates about the age-old battle between security and...
| May 21, 2013 | Food / FarmingAnyone who says that America has lost its innovative edge in technology and manufacturing hasn’t chugged a can of Bud recently. The buzz is back, baby! Well, actually, Budweiser is no longer American. It’s now part of a Belgian outfit called Anheuser-Busch...
| Jan 23, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyIf you live in a swing state you might be wondering, what happened to all the money television stations got for airing the nonstop spew of political ads right up until Election Day? You’d think television stations, whose news departments at least try to lay...
| | Food / FarmingDoes Coca-Cola think we’re all really stupid? For the first time, the company is using its slick commercials to address obesity. Obesity became a high-profile issue in the 1990s, when the government started to classify more than half of Americans as overweight or...
| Jan 16, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyA new fad is sweeping across America’s university campuses — and it’s seriously goofy. This latest craze is not led by students making a cultural statement, but by top administrators trying to make a corporate one. It’s called...
