Richard Alexander

If a researcher would announce tomorrow that she’s discovered a cure for a harmful condition that afflicts 59% of the world’s population, the world would hail her as one of the greatest heroines of all time. The scientist would be even more heroic if her cure would free people from the dangers of some widely […]

Across the United States and around the world, millions of children and adults are playing baseball, and almost all of them are stepping up to the plate with unsafe batting helmets that don’t offer enough protection against brain injuries.  There has been recent talk about banning aluminum bats because they add approximately 4 mph to […]

Give an old killer a new name, and you still have the same killer. That’s exactly what’s happened with aspartame, a sugar substitute sold under the names Nutrasweet and Equal. Aspartame also shows up in more than 6000 products, and it has a long history of causing severe personal injuries and wrongful deaths.

Propaganda is a powerful, frightening, and frequently successful form of advertising  . . . or brainwashing. For centuries, governments have used propaganda to turn public opinion in their favor.

When a business chooses to operate outside the law and with arrogant disregard for the health of its customers, those unethical choices will eventually catch up with the company. That’s what’s happening now with Allergan and its paralyzing cosmetic, Botox.