The world’s largest purveyor of sugary drinks has made an unprecedented public embrace of its own culpability in America’s struggle with obesity and the costs associated with an overweight population. A new video released by Coca-Cola to considerable buzz bluntly labels obesity the “issue of this generation” and makes a vague admission that calories from [...]
IS “HOMOSEXUALITY” REALLY COMPARABLE TO “MURDER”? This is the logically strained case made by one of the men who will likely decide the fate of the marriage equality movement in America. The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases directly relating to same-sex marriage rights; the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s [...]
An unprecedented mandate approved by health officials in New York City that bans the sale of most large sugary drinks in restaurants is likely to spark a larger debate about obesity, public health and efforts to curb what has become a deadly — and costly — epidemic in the United States. The New York City [...]
LONDON OLYMPICS MAY “INSPIRE A GENERATION” OF SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS—BUT WILL THEY INSPIRE THE BUILDING OF THAT BADLY NEEDED SWIMMING POOL IN EAST LONDON? Given the wild popularity of the Olympics with the British public, will the woefully inadequate sports facilities and sports organizations in the country be “inspired” to make athletes rather than couch [...]
THE MORTGAGE FRAUD MELTDOWN CONTINUES AS FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS NAB MEGA-BANKS THAT THEY SAY ATTEMPTED TO “SWINDLE” UNCLE SAM — AND TAXPAYERS. Stemming from reports last year that some of America’s largest mortgage companies and banks fraudulently foreclosed on homeowners, a new federal investigation has apparently found an even more pervasive and potentially serious scheme at [...]
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