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January 20 will see the conclusion of the most extraordinary episode in the history of the American presidency. For the last four years, the supposed president, Joe Biden, has been the man who wasn [...]
What Republicans can and can't do via budget reconciliation. [...]
The Laken Riley Act, named for a Georgia nursing student killed by an illegal immigrant, heads to the Senate as the GOP prioritizes border security. [...]
The Democrats' entire assault on the court, and especially on Justices Thomas and Alito, has ended in utter defeat. [...]
Even if losing domestic sources of primary steel does not seem like a national security threat today, it might tomorrow. [...]
On this strategic question, the president-elect and Ronald Reagan are in agreement. [...]
Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, pays the price as the pendulum swings against Covid authoritarians globally [...]
A cost-of-living crisis and conflict in the Liberal Party mean the resignation's not a surprise. [...]
This is Republicans' chance to show the country what conservatism in practice looks like. I'm encouraged by what I've heard from GOP leaders so far. [...]
With President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans soon assuming control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, Democrats find themselves at a crossroads: Resistance at all costs or adopt a policy of strategic cooperation with the Trump administration. [...]
As Donald Trump re-enters the White House on a pledge to end national security state overreach, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is still hiding critical details on the Russia conspiracy investigat [...]
Justin Trudeau's popularity undermined by higher costs and rising anti-immigration sentiment [...]
"What's happening in Canadian politics is not happening in a vacuum. It is a symptom of a much broader phenomenon. Call it the great crack-up of the old consensus. [...]
On Jan. 10, though, Trump will have to put aside his work to attend, either in person or virtually, his sentencing in the Manhattan criminal prosecution in which he was convicted of falsifying business records. [...]
Republicans set their legislative priorities; they're going to try to do everything at once. Good luck with that. [...]
Ezra Cohen on Steve Bannon's 'War Room' podcast reported on the Biden administration's middle-of-the-night changes to the orders of succession. [...]
The greatest threats to humanity aren't the ones dominating today's headlines - or at least, not for the reasons the media would have you believe. The Russia-Ukraine conflict could end tomorrow with the right leadership. The turmoil in the Middle East and the civil war in Syria could, too. There is an even more profound conflict unfolding, older than we can imagine. It's a struggle between two ancient forces: human enslavement versus human liberty. We feel a primordial call to action, urging us to rise above the chaos of these forces and forge a new path forward. This is the [...]
Lebanese lawmakers are due to meet on Thursday to elect a president, but analysts say that even with key political player Hezbollah weakened by war, white smoke is not guaranteed.The tiny Mediterranean country, already deep in economic and political crisis, has been without a president for more than two years amid bitter divisions between Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and its opponents.Israel dealt Hezbollah's armed wing a serious blow during a two-month war this autumn and killed the group's influential leader Hassan Nasrallah. [...]
Iraq's prime minister is heading to Iran to discuss concerns about Syria's new rulers, as Baghdad is considering the delay of the US troop withdrawal to address regional instability. [...]
Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met in Abu Dhabi, marking the first official high-level meeting between the two states since Oct. 7, 2023. [...]
Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met in Abu Dhabi, marking the first official high-level meeting between the two states since Oct. 7, 2023. [...]
Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met in Abu Dhabi, marking the first official high-level meeting between the two states since Oct. 7, 2023. [...]
Emirati Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met in Abu Dhabi, marking the first official high-level meeting between the two states since Oct. 7, 2023. [...]
The attacks follow the deadly shooting of Israelis in the territory and coincide with raids by both Israeli and Palestinian forces against armed groups. [...]
The attacks follow the deadly shooting of Israelis in the territory and coincide with raids by both Israeli and Palestinian forces against armed groups. [...]
The attacks follow the deadly shooting of Israelis in the territory and coincide with raids by both Israeli and Palestinian forces against armed groups. [...]
The attacks follow the deadly shooting of Israelis in the territory and coincide with raids by both Israeli and Palestinian forces against armed groups. [...]
The United States also placed sanctions on companies in the United Arab Emirates it said were procuring weapons for the Rapid Support Forces. [...]
The United States also placed sanctions on companies in the United Arab Emirates it said were procuring weapons for the Rapid Support Forces. [...]
The United States also placed sanctions on companies in the United Arab Emirates it said were procuring weapons for the Rapid Support Forces. [...]
The United States also placed sanctions on companies in the United Arab Emirates it said were procuring weapons for the Rapid Support Forces. [...]
Sebastien Loeb struggled to complete Stage 3 of the Dakar Rally on Tuesday after rolling his car near the start, a setback that is likely to cost him his dream of a first title in the event. The nine-time World Rally Champion went off the road 12 kilometres into the 327-stage between Bisha and Al Henakiyah. After a nasty bounce his Dacia performed several impressive rolls, which seriously damaged the vehicle. [...]
Dar Global has agreed to a string of real estate deals with the Trump Organization, the company founded and owned by US President-elect Donald Trump. [...]
With its proxies in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria all but paralyzed, Iran is encouraging a Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank. [...]
With its proxies in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria all but paralyzed, Iran is encouraging a Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank. [...]
With its proxies in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria all but paralyzed, Iran is encouraging a Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank. [...]
With its proxies in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria all but paralyzed, Iran is encouraging a Palestinian uprising against Israel in the West Bank. [...]
Richard Vigilante & George Gilder, Next American Century In 2015, the global semiconductor industry pulled in $335 billion in revenue. [...]
Rob Smith, RealClearMarkets The biggest flaw in Washington policy makers and economists is not understanding predictable human behavior. We are not robots, [...]
Ja'han Jones, MSNBC The tech giant tapped Republican Joel Kaplan to lead the company's global policy, continuing the company's yearslong rightward shift. [...]
Stefan Padfield, RCM Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that big-name companies like [...]
Stephen McBride, RiskHedge RiskHedge—Disruption Research, Disruptive Technology Stocks—RiskHedge helps investors profit from disruption by providing research on the latest breakthrough [...]
Joe Calhoun, Alhambra Investments At the beginning of every year, investment firms around the world publish their year-ahead outlook for markets and the economy. These prognostications can be [...]
Luke Lango, InvestorPlace As head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk is likely to support the industries in which he does a lot of business. [...]
John Tamny, RCM Economist Gordon Tullock (1922-2014) once quipped that there was an easy way to create safer conditions on American roads: rather than install seatbelts and air bags, attach [...]
Jonathan Limehouse & Bailey Schulz, USAT Here's what to know about the recently signed Social Security Fairness Act, including who it will benefit. [...]
Editorial, Issues & Insights The president seems to be pitching a tantrum on his way out that Americans will have to pay for. [...]
Matthew Haller, Fox News The Biden administration was at war with US business. Now that Trump is set to take over, here are three ways he can significantly boost the economy and head toward a [...]
Editorial, Washington Examiner President Joe Biden made a horribly foolish decision to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Japan-based Nippon Steel. President-elect Trump should reverse the decision [...]
Roben Farzad, BusinessWeek September is that cruelest month for the stock market. It's the only month that has dropped on average since the Roaring Twenties. Come Monday night, when Wall [...]
Donald Lambro, Washington Times Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has to do two things really well at his convention: Lay out in dramatic terms how bad the Obama economy is and [...]
Carla Fried, CNNMoney Income-starved investors looking to amp up their portfolios have been turning to foreign bonds -- for obvious reasons. The 4.2% payout on the average foreign [...]
Ezra Klein, WonkBlog I see that the Republican convention will feature a debt clock ticking away behind the speakers. It will also, as I understand it, consist entirely of speakers who [...]
R. Ponnuru, Bloomberg While the Romney and Obama camps have made increasingly bitter accusations about each otherâ??s plans for Medicare, a bipartisan consensus on entitlements has emerged [...]
Rick Newman, US News By now, everybody knows what's wrong with the economy: There aren't enough jobs, Europe is stuck in a financial quagmire and Washington is playing chicken with tax and [...]
Doug Schoen, Forbes It's a testament to how bad the American employment market has gotten that the most recent jobs report was met with applause. The Labor Department's July jobs figures [...]
Jason Ma, IBD Corporations are scaling back investment, hiring and inventories ahead of steep year-end tax hikes and spending cuts, the most concrete sign to date that uncertainty over the [...]
It was an early morning in the Tunisian desert when it dawned on Iheb Triki. Despite the hot, barren location — no source of potable water for miles, which is why he and his friends had packed 100 liters for their trip — there was still enough water in the air to have coated his […] The post The World Needs More Drinking Water. Kumulus Pulls It Out of Thin Air. appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
If you don’t know Noah by now, we don’t know how to help you. Ex-Supreme denizen (and current J.Crew creative director) Brendan Babenzian’s brainchild has been at the center of the conversation for going on a decade now — ranging from talk of new prep to skate’s outsized influence of the culture of menswear to […] The post The Noah Sale, Ground Zero for Major Menswear, Is Back. Here’s What to Buy. appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
I love to entertain. Ever since I was a kid, I dreamt of the day when I could cook for people and mix them drinks, and I hosted my first real dinner party at age 16. Back then, I had my parents’ living and dining room at my disposal, a sizable space that comfortably fit […] The post How I Transformed My Tiny Dining Room Into a More Open, Livable Space appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Nissan and Honda recently announced that they were exploring a potential merger. Whether or not that actually happens, both automakers have been revisiting their history with an electric twist. In Honda’s case, that means a hybrid Prelude that will soon be available in the U.S. As for Nissan, well, they’re bringing back a car so […] The post Nissan’s Latest Concept Car Is a Literal Electric Godzilla appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Driving in a recently-made automobile and forgetting to put on your seat belt is something you won’t soon forget — largely because you’re inevitably going to hear alarms and see warning lights urging you to buckle up. This has been a standard feature of many a car for years now, provided you’re in the front […] The post Rear Seat Belt Warnings Are Coming in 2027 appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Phew — that was quite a set of 365 days! From an exciting Watches & Wonders filled with brands large and small to a jaunt over to Hong Kong with Dubai Watch Week to a non-stop auction season, 2024 certainly delivered the goods. Finishing on a strong note, we’ve got a crop of timepieces that […] The post The Best Watches of the Past Month appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
In 2024, a number of airlines announced that they would be partnering with Starlink to bring free wireless internet to air travelers. Among them was United, who initially announced that testing would begin in 2025. Now 2025 is upon us, and United has an updated schedule for its Starlink rollout. And in this case, air […] The post United’s Starlink Partnership Will Be Airborne Sooner Than Expected appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
In the middle of the 20th century, the Bulova name was absolutely everywhere. After Joseph Bulova founded the company in 1875 and they began producing their own timepieces a few decades later, they grew into a pioneering watch brand that pushed boundaries in the industry for design, production and even marketing. The first-ever television advertisement, […] The post The Best of Bulova: 6 Watches to Know, From the Lunar Pilot to the Jet Star appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
You might still be setting your resolutions, but if you needed any indication that 2025 is in full swing (and you somehow missed the frenzy of images plaguing grids everywhere), the 2025 awards season kicked off last night with the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards. It was, by most accounts, a fairly good one: awards […] The post Golden Globes 2025: The Biggest Red Carpet Menswear Looks, Ranked appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
For decades, Citizen has upended the annoying trickle-down effect that pervades most industries. The most expensive products (cars and smartphones immediately come to mind) usually get the latest and greatest technology, and only later do the more affordable models get the goods. In the watch world, that’s not always the case, as Citizen has made […] The post The Best of Citizen: 6 Watches to Own, From the Promaster Diver to the Vibrant Tsuyosa appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
If you care at all about the brands you’re tossing on each morning, you’ve probably heard of Alex Mill. The San Francisco-based essentials brand has been the talk of the town since its 2012 inception, on account of its capsule of crafted, sourced and designed garments reminiscent of iconic ’90s J.Crew looks. The clothing Alex […] The post This Rare Alex Mill Sale Includes a Ton of Excellent Outerwear appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
When Aaron Rodgers’s name has come up during this NFL season, it’s largely been for reasons other than football. Some of that might be circumstantial: after all, Rodgers missed the vast majority of the 2023 season due to an injury and has emerged as an especially prominent, as the saying goes, vaccine skeptic. That he […] The post Aaron Rodgers Has Thrown His 500th Touchdown appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
January 2025 began with a surprising piece of news from Tesla: for the first time ever, the automaker saw a slight drop in its vehicular deliveries in 2024 relative to 2023. There are a number of possible explanations for this — including more automakers getting into the business of EVs — but that one figure […] The post Tesla Saw Signficant Gains in Energy Storage in Late 2024 appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
In the not-so-distant past, hypnosis made the leap from pulp trope and dinner theater device to something that could be used to improve people’s lives. A number of ex-smokers have spoken about the role hypnosis played in getting them to quit smoking, for instance — but that isn’t the only issue that hypnosis has been […] The post Does Hypnosis Work as a Mental Health Treatment? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
When does a breed of dog become, for lack of a better word, official? While the canine landscape today contains dogs of all shapes and sizes, that can be seen as the product of years’ worth of careful breeding to highlight certain attributes. (This article on golden retrievers goes into that very history.) But for […] The post The Danish-Swedish Farmdog Is Now AKC-Recognized appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Some beer companies handle all of their production in-house. For others, though, there’s the option of working with a larger contract brewer. For years, Pabst has relied upon MillerCoors to handle production of millions of gallons of Pabst Blue Ribbon and other brews — a business arrangement that’s occasionally turned fractious. With that contract having […] The post Pabst Has a New Contract Brewer — and It’s Anheuser-Busch InBev appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Are we living through a Fred Durst renaissance? The Durstissance, even? Consider this: the Limp Bizkit frontman had supporting roles in not one but two A24 productions in 2024, playing a version of himself in Y2K and the protagonist’s emotionally distant father in I Saw the TV Glow. At a point in time when plenty […] The post A New Craft Beer Pays Homage to Fred Durst appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
Both Berlin and Paris are known for their cultural sites, their long histories and their scenic architecture. It’s not surprising, then, that plenty of people seek to go from one city to the other — whether as tourists or for business reasons. And now, travelers seeking to make their way from Paris to Berlin (or […] The post A High-Speed Rail Line Now Connects Paris and Berlin appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
It’s a good time to be a pampered dog. Recent data about the hospitality industry showed positive news for spaces designed with luxury travelers in mind — and evidently, there’s also encouraging news afoot for their canine counterparts. In 2024, we took notice of Los Angeles’s Dog PPL opening a Brooklyn outpost — but it’s […] The post Why Are Luxury Clubs for Dogs On the Rise? appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
With 2024 in the rearview mirror, a clearer picture of the auto industry’s year is becoming clearer. Automakers selling in the United States saw big gains in electric vehicle sales, though there’s speculation that the potential loss of tax credits coming with the Trump administration drove sales late in the year. Even with an uptick […] The post EVs Were Almost 90% of Norway’s New Car Sales in 2024 appeared first on InsideHook. [...]
David Wise, RealClearHistory The events of January 6, 2021, were among the most shameful in American history. The long-standing tradition of the peaceful transfer of power was shattered [...]
Holly Large, IFLScience If you think 2024 dragged on, 46 BCE puts things in perspective. [...]
Clare Fitzgerald, warhistoryonline Their bravery in the midst of combat has been awarded. [...]
Peter Tonguette, Examiner In a new book, Tim Robey attends to Gigli and 25 other notorious flops that, spanning 1916 through 2019, encompass virtually the entire history of the motion [...]
Jesse Greenspan, HISTORY The Mariana Trench remained undiscovered until a crew from the HMS Challenger unsuspectingly lowered a weighted rope into its immense depths. [...]
Tracie Canada, Time The 1942 Rose Bowl has become a symbol of American unity during World War II—but the game included no Black players and few Black fans. [...]
Peter Bergen, CNN Early in his presidency, in May 1977, then-President Jimmy Carter gave a commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame that outlined a new approach to America's role [...]
Ali Bianco, Politico Donald Trump has promised to deport millions of immigrants on "Day One," boasting that it will be the "largest deportation operation in American history" — though [...]
Dan Clarendon, TV Insider From a damaging accusation about LBJ to a discredited theory about Amelia Earhart, History Channel has run afoul of historians time and time again. [...]
Ian Prasad Philbrick, The New York Times We cover the surprising parallels between Donald Trump and a president from the past. [...]
Karen Chernick, Artnet News Vermeer's famed painting has become a cultural phenomenon, spawning movies and books. Here are 3 art historical facts to know. [...]
Christine Rousselle, Fox News The Shirley Temple mocktail was first created about a century ago, but its history, ingredients and recipe are up for debate, a cocktail professional told Fox [...]
Michael Scanlon, SSRN This is a near-author's cut of an essay entitled "Odysseus Lost" that was published by Chronicles on January 26, 2024. The Chronicles version, which benefited f [...]
Andrew J. Bacevich, New York Times An implicit question haunts this illuminating and richly detailed memoir by Michael G. Vickers, the senior intelligence official at the center of [...]
Sean Durns, Washington Examiner "Someday science may have the existence of mankind in its power," the American intellectual Henry Adams wrote in 1862, "and the human race commit suicide, [...]
Jonathan Jarry, McGill University Did Nazis love yoga? That is the provocative title of one chapter in the recently published book Conspirituality: How New Age [...]
Reuters History buffs will be able to stroll close to the spot where legend says Julius Caesar met his bloody end, when Rome authorities open a new walkway on the ancient site on [...]
Hannah Osborne, Live Science A giant predator that lived 240 million years ago was decapitated with a single, brutal bite from a deadlier creature, scientists have said. [...]
Christine Chung, New York Times A submersible craft carrying five people in the area of the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic has been missing since Sunday, setting off a search and [...]
Agence France-Presse MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years ago, and recast it as a dove [...]
If you want to know where someone is most likely to steal your package, the short answer if you want to stop reading is Washington, DC. The nation's capitol. Infer from that what you will. The cost may be up to $12 billion each year.read more [...]
No one wants to diet, everyone wants a miracle pill, and that is why supplements are a $35 billion industry in America, despite being mostly placebos. Weight loss therapies, even those with side effects, are all the rage with thin culture - because they work.Still, who wouldn't want to stay thin without a shot in the butt?read more [...]
Senator Tom Coburn used to do an annual report of the most ridiculous abuses of taxpayer money and it always got attention because his Wastebook didn't care if the party behind it was Republican or Democrat, he was a towering figure in fiscal conservatism.You work hard for your money and he wanted you to know when government squandered it. A Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska or a 'study' of how college students use cellphones, none of it should have been using taxpayer funding, but those and many others were.read more [...]
Climate has always shifted but concerns about faster changes brought on by the modern world have led the authors of a new paper to worry that current high-volume sources of apples could lose their apex status to other areas.The paper in the pay-to-publish journal Environmental Research Letters analyzed over 40 years of climate conditions they correlate to the growth cycle, bud break to fruit, of apple trees. They sound the alarm that the largest apple-producing counties in the US (Yakima in Washington, Kent in Michigan and Wayne in New York) have already been impacted.read more [...]
Blood samples of pregnant women have detectable levels of chemicals and that 'chemical cocktail' may pose "neurotoxic risk", according to a paper published in Science whose senior author is strangely on the board of reviewing editors at Science.This "chemical cocktail" nomenclature has been popular among activists like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other environmental lawyers for decades, because it needs no science, it instead means science 'needs more testing', and there will never be enough testing.read more [...]
The Biden administration issued a report showing alcohol's causal link to cancer. Not just statistical woo, like epidemiologists "correlating" virtual pollution ({PM2.5) to things like insomnia and lower scores in first grade, or weedkillers to anything an environmental lawyer can dream up, serious evidence.read more [...]
During Christmas holidays I tend to indulge in online chess playing a bit too much, wasting several hours a day that could be used to get back on track with the gazillion research projects I am currently trying to keep pushing. But at times it gives me pleasure, when I conceive some good tactical sequence. Take the position below, from a 5' game on chess.com today. White has obtained a winning position, but can you win it with the clock ticking? (I have less than two minutes left for the rest of the game...)read more [...]
Cigarette smoking is in steady decline because the evidence became overwhelming that cigarette smoke causes cancer. It is not dumb epidemiology, like that 'organic food is linked to better grades in children' or 'virtual pollution may be why your income isn't higher' and whatever else the International Agency for Research on Cancer or National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is trying to scare the public about this month.Smoking, be it cigarettes or marijuana, is very bad.(1) Yet while while the federal government rightly joined us in criticizing cigarettes, they gave alcohol a free pass. read more [...]
A recent paper claims that even at low doses pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides are changing the behavior of insects.Though they are not able to show how it is happening, the authors use 'needs more testing' rhetoric to call on governments to ban chemicals until it is certain there is no unintended long-term ecological harm. If that sounds very Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., that's because he and other anti-science progressives have been saying it for decades.read more [...]
As part of my self-celebrations for XX years of blogging activities, I am reposting here (very) old articles I wrote over the years on topics ranging from Physics to Chess to anything in between. The post I am recycling today is one that describes for laymen a reason why it is interesting to continue going after the top quark, many years (10, at the time the article was written) after the discovery of that particle. The piece appeared in July 10, 2005 in my column at the Quantum Diaries blog (https://qd.typepad.com/6/2005/07/ok_so_i_promise.html).read more [...]
A whole lot of classic liberals have discovered how goofy their progressive cousins have been for 25 years. All it took for this sudden embrace of critical thinking was for a Republican to say 'maybe he is right on food and medicine' about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.read more [...]
Most of the country laughed when an expensive Los Angeles Times 'Foodie' event gave elites who paid up to $800 per ticket norovirus. Norovirus is gastroentitis, a 'stomach flu', sometimes called food poisoning, except related to bad hygiene rather than spoiled products. You see it a lot on cruise ships because so many people are in such a small area and it can be hard to kill using hand sanitizer because the lack of a lipid envelope means environmental stability. It can easily be prevented, though.Wash your hands, obviously after using the bathroom or before preparing food.read more [...]
A recent epidemiology paper links common weedkillers to prostate cancer and further claims four of them cause death. Obviously they can't show that, there is no plausible biological mechanism, no increase in prostate cancers, and no evidence any of the people who got prostate cancer had contact with the pesticides at all.read more [...]
In the fall of 2020, the contentious election saw progressives claiming the COVID-19 vaccine was rushed and that the Republican president was risking lives to help his Big Pharma buddies.They won the election and now blame Trump for everyone who died, they turned on epidemiology after a peer-reviewed paper claimed a well-known 'miracle drug' could work off-label for COVID-19 as well, and because the vaccines were rolled out when a Democrat was president, they took credit for it.read more [...]
The US Defense Intelligence Agency National Center for Medical Intelligence, America's first line of defense against medical threats, expressed concern about gain of function research at the Wuhan Lab.The Biden administration buried it. They were even prohibited from presenting the evidence in meetings, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.read more [...]
As part of my self-celebrations for having survived 20 years of blogging (the anniversary was a few days ago, see my previous post), I am re-posting a few representative, old articles I wrote in my column over the years. The selection will not be representative of the material I covered over all this time - that would be too tall an order. Rather, I will hand-pick a few pieces just to make a point or two about their content. read more [...]
GMOs had quietly been in use for decades when they became controversial - for saving a fruit in Hawaii that legacy techniques like breeding and chemicals had not.The Rainbow Papaya became a home run for genetic engineering, the first genetically rescued organism, and that made it a target for environmental groups who had ignored it when it was saving diabetics by creating insulin.Lawyers have not stopped campaigning against GMOs since, and are calling on all media allies to criticize Mexico for refusing to ban GMO corn, but while they fight the past, biotech may be winning another fight for the [...]
Anti-science activists are outraged that Mexican experts ruled against their government's publicity stunt claiming they would ban "GMOs" and the most popular weedkiller used by Mexican farmers.Some of it was just populism - Mexico buys $3 billion worth of GMO corn per year from the US and the way to encourage more domestic corn sales is to ban it in the use of things people want, like tortillas.read more [...]
Once upon a time, environmentalists embraced biotechnology as key way to reduce pesticide use. Rachel Carson, author of "Silent Spring", was a fan of genetic engineering. That was before we all learned that environmental groups are only 'for' something if it means they can raise money being against something. Biotech was great - until it was real. Then they hated it. Along with hydroelectric power and natural gas, and how they will want to tear down solar energy, once it stops being a government gimmick.read more [...]
If you want to virtue signal your eating habits to others, Los Angeles is a great place to be. Everyone touts organic, holistic, free-range, wild-caught, artisanal, non-GMO, you name it and if the price can be expensive, someone will sell it.Los Angeles media influencers love to sell readers what they want to buy and an event at the Hollywood Palladium costing $300-800 per ticket to promote the Los Angeles Times' list of the '101 best restaurants' was sure to make big money - even if you give 80 attendees food poisoning.read more [...]
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