Rachel Laudan

Oh dear, I just can’t work up enthusiasm for this kind of program. Do we really want our employers monitoring what we eat?  Do we really want our health insurance programs linked to our lifestyle?  That’s a real slippery slope.  Tobacco first, then food, then what? Skiing?  Driving? Remember the Sociological Department that Ford instituted [...]

Joe’s now written a formal review of Pollan’s In Defense of Food which I highly recommend. Would that the New York Times would publish this. For my views on the current state of food,here’s Why We Should Love Fast, New, Processed Food.

According to the local paper AM. Yea, Wal-Mart’s supposed to be coming to town. I know, I know that strikes a chill into the heart of many. But the city director of economic development assures everyone that it will be tucked away so as not to damage Guanajuato’s image as a UNESCO Patrimony of Humanity. [...]