Archives for August 2006

As you may know, I've written quite a bit in the last couple of years about the nutrition in our schools – specifically about the sorry state it's in, and about the few things that are happening that bode well for the elimination of things like sodas, candy, pizza, bagels, doughnuts and all manner of other fatteners.

Even though I've shouted at the top of my lungs that salt does NOT cause high blood pressure except in a very small percentage of people who are abnormally salt-sensitive, the mainstream continues to portray sodium as a killer

A while back (Daily Dose, 8/8/2003), I wrote an article lambasting the American Medical Association for lowering its guidelines for healthy blood pressure for the umpteenth time.

We've all known about "fortified" foods – and the claims in ads for white bread and sugar-laden breakfast cereals that claim they're actually good for you – because they've been "fortified" with vitamins and iron.

If the article has it right, a new WHO report is also blaming the sun for skin aging, cataracts, and cold sores, too.

In the last Daily Dose, I wrote to you about Washington state's sudden official witch hunt (they call it an "investigation") against a number of heretofore esteemed practitioners of alternative medicine. One of these in particular is having an especially hard time of it at the hands of that state's Gestap – er, Medical Quality Assurance Commission…

If you've been reading the Daily Dose (or my newsletter) for any length of time at all, you're already aware of the conspiracy to limit your healthcare choices foisted on us by the crackpots we send to represent us in Washington, D.C…

Every once in a while, the court system surprises me. Normally, it's as predictable in its misguided fool-headedness as night following daytime. But just as occasional eclipses upset the predictable balance of night and day, so too does the occasional lapse of modern jurisprudence result in the odd correct decision being handed down in our courts…

As you may remember, last May (Daily Dose, 5/10/2005), I wrote an article called The Death of Discipline. It was about a kindergartener named Ja'eisha Scott whose temper tantrum during classroom hours was so severe it paralyzed the entire educational process at the school – and ultimately required police intervention, which culminated in the handcuffing of the child…

I never wake up in the morning and say to myself, "Hmm, I feel like RANTING today." Believe it or not, I'm ordinarily a very happy person. And despite my tone in a lot of these dispatches, I'm a natural optimist (it's true, I swear!). Besides that, I have a lot to smile about: Good health, a great family, a beautiful young wife, and a fine hound dog. Oh, and loyal readers like yourself…