Also published at Food Safety News In a May 3rd editorial , Food Safety News Editor Dan Flynn wrote a rather scathing editorial about Vermont’s new GMO labeling law. Among the criticisms he asked a question: If there is some skilled member of the bar out there who has done the sort of professional analysis that is normally […]
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It’s just a tool
I gather that Mozilla has named some marketing person as interim CEO as they search for a replacement who would be acceptableeffective. I don’t care, really. Mozilla is an organization that provides support for Firefox, a tool I use. I’m using Firefox because it is the browser that irritates me the least at this time. I […]
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The crap and cute day
My plan to post on Friday what I’m going to be writing about in the coming days has gone to the same place all plans go in the end…into the silent void where we hope no one remembers what we promised. But I do think Fridays deserve something special. After all, for most people, it’s […]
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Walker Evans: I am a Writer
I am not a Walker Evans expert, but from my recent readings about him, I sensed there were three significant events in his life that shaped the man, and subsequently, the photographs we’ve come to cherish. One of the events I briefly mentioned in the last Walker Evans writing, and that was his search for […]
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Corporate actions vs personal beliefs
2023 update: In 2023, I find I disagree with this, completely. I do think that corporations hiring known bigots reflects poorly on the corporation. Earlier Second Update Andrew Sullivan in The Hounding of a Heretic: Will he now be forced to walk through the streets in shame? Why not the stocks? The whole episode disgusts […]