National Public Radio (NPR) is featuring an excellent 3-part investigation into the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) fisheries certification program. Journalists Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams attempted to answer the loaded question: “Is Sustainable-Labeled Seafood Really Sustainable?” while green groups loudly ... READ MORE
An extremely unfortunate story comes out of the District of Columbia, where a 71-year-old man, Durand Ford, Sr., died. Mr. Ford had trouble breathing very early on January 1, and his family called an ambulance, but it took 33 minutes ... READ MORE
As readers of this blog know, I sometimes go over to the Diversity Inc. magazine website for a look at the views of race-obsessed people. More often then not, I find something surprising, as in a column I read today ... READ MORE
While attending a health policy conference co-sponsored by the National Center and the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, Risk Analysis Division director Jeff Stier was interviewed about harm reduction measures related to tobacco by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority’s radio news ... READ MORE
Salon's running a breathless headline: "Republican Dark Money Group’s Corporate Sponsors Revealed." Sounds like a scoop exposing something nefarious, right? Maybe, but not in the way the left thinks. The left's "scoop" is that it got a list of who ... READ MORE
During the State of Union speech, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn, age 63) tweeted a message to a 24-year-old woman that included the letters “ilu,” short for I love you. While in some of us (I plead guilty) it conjured up ... READ MORE
One part of President Obama’s State of the Union speech actually provoked some deep thinking in me: We should follow the example of a North Miami woman named Desiline Victor. When Desiline arrived at her polling place, she was told ... READ MORE
Stacy Swimp, a member of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network, wasn’t impressed with President Obama’s State of the Union Address last night. In fact, he didn’t like it at all. Here is Stacy’s review of the speech: ... READ MORE
White smoke will soon rise from the Vatican’s chimney (adding to the global inventory of greenhouse gases!), announcing that Roman Catholics have elected a new Pope - and it just might be the brave Cardinal from Down Under who questions ... READ MORE
Yesterday the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that The General Assembly has now affirmed Gov. Bob McDonnell’s decision to order state agencies to cut back part-time employee hours to no more than 29 a week to avoid triggering a requirement under the ... READ MORE
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