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You Are What You Grow → Farm subsidies, which favor corn, soybeans and wheat, are a big part of America’s infatuation with processed foods. “The reason the least healthful calories in the supermarket are the cheapest is that those are the ones the farm bill encourages farmers to grow.” I like the moniker “Liquid Corn” for sodas [bottom of p. 1]. #
Bush Administration Very, Very Quietly Releases Abstinence-Only Study → The effect of $87.5 million (per year) in abstinence-only programs? Absolutely nothing. #
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? → Holy crap, when did Lee Iacocca become such a likeable curmudgeon? I wish I could be more optimistic that mainstream America will pay attention to this anti-Bush rant of his. #
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip: “Thou Shalt Always Kill” → My latest 48-hour obsession. Credit goes to Jordan. #