‘Tis the Season to Celebrate Mammon

‘Tis the Season to Celebrate Mammon

Here come Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas. It’s a month-long season of friends and family, spiritual reflection, and time to decompress from our usual helter-skelter lives, right? Good lord, shout the corporate bosses, are you nuts? Do you think America is...
Genetically Engineered Truth

Genetic Engineering Lies Prevail Again

If you doubt that big money and lies can pervert elections, look at Initiative 522 in Washington State. A grassroots coalition of consumers, organic producers, environmentalists, and others who want honesty in food labeling put it on the ballot. They lost. The measure...
Big Food Crushes Consumer Rights in Washington State

Big Food Crushes Consumer Rights in Washington State

When you look at the numbers, how could Washington State’s ballot initiative to require the labeling of foods made with genetically engineered ingredients ever stand a chance? I’m not talking about poll numbers. I’m talking about money. Just six...