April 11, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
With the US presidential campaign focusing so much on character (Obama's embrace of his racist preacher, Clinton's embellished "experience," McCain's unpredictable "maverick" tendencies), one can lose track of some very real issues that divide the candidates. These aren't limited to...
April 9, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Today's Washington Post "word of the day" is "un-an-tici-pat-ed" which staff writer Paul Farhi defines as "lacking foresight in hindsight." Examples abound. He notes the U.S. military's missteps in Iraq, the D.C. treasurer's problem with escalating bond interest rates, UCLA's point...
April 9, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
A cogent op ed piece in yesterday's Washington Times by Elizabeth Whelan, president of the American Council on Science and Health, voices an observation often registered on the Salt Institute's blog Salt Sensibility: all research reflects the "agenda" of the agency that funds...
April 7, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
An amazing variety of people attend the once-a-decade International Salt Symposia. The 9th International Symposium on Salt wll be held September 4-7, 2009 in Beijing, China, in case you want to mark your calendar. "Salt, the Essence of...
April 4, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Our society -- and our government -- puts itself at a disadvantage when it substitutes political judgments for scientific evidence (on this see numerous posts on SaltSensibility). In the areas of human and ecological health, we can certainly apply human...
