Tag Archives: This American Life

Tainted honey, counterfeit eggs, and the impending “fake food” epidemic

By Mark | February 18, 2013

As our population exceeds the carrying capacity of the planet, and natural resources dwindle, I imagine we’ll see more and more companies selling things for human consumption that probably shouldn’t be consumed. While none of the recent examples of “fake food” that I’m aware of rise to the level of the case in China a [...]

Posted in Environment, Food | Also tagged anaemia, antibiotics, Ayn Rand, bung, bung calamari, China, chloramphenicol, EPA, fake eggs, fake food, Food Safety News, heavy metal, honey, horse meat, Libertarianism, malamine, olive oil, pomegranate juice, powdered milk, Rand Paul, red snapper, tilapia | 30 Comments

What kind of country do we want to live in?

By Mark | March 6, 2012

The most recent episode of This American Life is all about “the battle between proponents of small government and those fighting to maintain public services.” I thought that you might want to pop open a can of beer and listen along with me. On the bright side, taxes on the rich are lower now than [...]

Posted in Politics | Also tagged Americans for Tax Reform, competing visions for the future of America, Grover Norquist, income disparity, Koch brothers, revolution, stability, tax the rich, the future of America, the growing gap between rich and poor, we need a revolution, why don't the rich see the big picture | 34 Comments

Sarah Vowell may read this post, so please don’t leave stupid comments

By Mark | April 8, 2010

I’m sick. I have a cold. I slept for about 15 hours last night. And I probably should have stayed in this evening, buried under mountain of blankets, but, thanks to a friend of a friend of a friend, I happened into some tickets for a reading by writer, historian and public radio personality Sarah [...]