It seemed like a bad joke when former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi infamously and incredibly stated we would have to pass the healthcare reform bill in order to find out what’s in it. But now we’re [...]
Category: Government Agendas
The First Lady of eating disorders
One-third of parents are worried that the incessant focus on foods in our country may be driving their children towards developing an unhealthy preoccupation with body image. Potentially leading [...]
Big Food takes over the organic market
Large agricultural and food companies figured out early on that the term “organic” can be thrown around as a marketing slogan. Not to mention a means to charge a hefty premium to consumers [...]
What kind of doctor do you want?
My father was the first-born son of a (legal) immigrant who came to work in the U.S. exactly 100 years ago. My grandfather soon became a proud member and then organizer of the United Mine Workers [...]
The Politics of CAM
The other day I was reading a publication by some “Critical Medical Anthropologists” (“critical” is an academic code word for “Marxist,” by the way). In it, they attempted to argue that [...]