Front page headlines last week proclaimed the safe return of anti-depressants to your child’s medicine chest. The cause for celebration was the publication of an article in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
The former chair of the Fresno Utility Commission, self-described as a left-liberal Democrat, is promoting the construction of a nuclear power plant in Fresno because it will reduce domestic violence. I’m not kidding. His argument is that “When guys don’t have jobs, they beat their wife and kids.” So if job opportunities increase, wife- and kid-beating go down. “And nothing creates opportunities like cheap electricity.” From a nuclear power plant, of course. [Read more…]
Food manufacturers spend $10 billion each year for “advertising that targets children.” Targets. Our children are targets. Of course, you and I are targets too, but that’s another story.
A lot of that money shows up in TV advertising. Last week the Kaiser Family Foundation released a report on how much children are exposed to food advertising on television. This is an easy punching bag to take a swipe at so I won’t linger. Just a few statistics from the report. [Read more…]
