by David Gumpert | Apr 29, 2011 | Uncategorized |
When Gen. David Patraeus takes over direction of the Central Intelligence Agency sometime in the next few months, he may want to begin mining the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for some new talent. The FDA sent a number of its agents into undercover mode to gather...
by David Gumpert | Apr 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I look at the illness outbreak blamed on Texas’ largest raw dairy, and I’m mystified. It happened at a dairy with apparently impeccable cleanliness and serious attention to safety. We don’t know much beyond what Texas health authorities say about the...
by David Gumpert | Apr 22, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Todd Moore (second from left) and family being recognized at a livestock show. On the face of it, the case against Lavon Farms looks open and shut. Milk from the Plano, TX, raw dairy, the largest in the state, has been genetically linked to four illnesses from...
by David Gumpert | Apr 20, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Indian students crowd exhibits at the Gandhi Museum in Mumbai. One of the more moving experiences during my travels in India was visiting the Gandhi Museum in Mumbai. It’s plain–basically, a modest home in a nice area of Mumbai…low tech, as well,...
by David Gumpert | Apr 18, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Sitting here in LimboWaiting for the dice to roll.Yeah, now, sitting here in Limbo,Still got some time to search my soul.Meanwhile, they’re putting up a resistance,But I know that my faith will lead me on.The verse above, from reggae singer Jimmy Cliff’s...
by David Gumpert | Apr 15, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been trying to get back in the swing of things after being away for a month–recovering from jet lag, unpacking, going through mail, paying overlooked bills, re-stocking the fridge and all that sort of thing. I haven’t felt like doing...
by David Gumpert | Apr 11, 2011 | Uncategorized |
For the last four weeks I have played tourist, traveling through southern Asia—Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and then for the last ten days, India. For all the economic gains we hear so much about in Asia, the differences between that part...
by David Gumpert | Apr 8, 2011 | Uncategorized |
When agent Jim Roettger of the Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture was caught on video confiscating raw milk last December in suburban Minneapolis, he could be heard at one point telling a complaining consumer to bug out. “I don’t have to respond to your...
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