Humans have an evolutionary preference for sweetness. Sweet foods, like fruit and honey, were an important energy source for our ancestors. However, in the modern world, sweetened foods are readily available, very cheap and advertised extensively. Now, we are consuming too much sugar in foods and drinks – the kind that is added rather than…
Food and Drinks Are Getting Sweeter. Even If It’s Not All Sugar, It’s Bad for Our Health
Another Round to Florida: Citadel Flees Illinois for the Sunshine State
Commentary In late June, Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker traveled to New Hampshire to be the keynote speaker at New Hampshire’s Democratic Party state convention. Officially, he was there to “help other Democratic governors get elected” and to lobby for Chicago as the site of the party’s 2024 presidential convention. Unofficially, there was buzz that Pritzker…
Sen. Johnson Expects ‘Deal’ to Conceal Indictment of Hunter Biden
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Sunday that he expects there to be an agreement to conceal an indictment of Hunter Biden. Johnson predicted in a Fox News interview that law enforcement “may indict Hunter Biden, but they’ll probably seal—they’ll do a deal—they’ll seal all the information. The American public will never get the full truth.”…
Russian Official Says Ukraine Carried out Drone Attack on Black Sea Fleet Headquarters
A senior official in Russian-annexed Crimea accused Ukraine on Sunday of carrying out a drone attack ahead of planned celebrations to mark Navy Day, injuring five and forcing the cancellation of festivities. The accusation comes hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to oversee Navy Day celebrations in his hometown of St Petersburg and…
‘A Terrible Decision’: Newly Elected County Delegates in Arkansas Disqualified by Established Republicans
A grassroots movement to get involved in the Republican party in an Arkansas county has been met with resistance from established seat holders who have argued that the process by which the new members won their seats wasn’t valid. After 71 people voted out the current chair and delegate seats of the Pulaski County Republican…
Film Review: ‘Purple Hearts’: A Marine and a Feminist Walk Into a Bar …
TV-14 | 2h 2m | Drama, Romance | July 29, 2022 Rotten Tomatoes: “Purple Hearts”: Critics: 25—Audience: 88 The small, liberal film-critic community is pontificating from a tiny island isolated in the ocean of America’s largely conservative Silent Majority, via the huge megaphone of Rotten Tomatoes. The numbers don’t lie: Movie-going America loves patriotic and military themes, and…
Exercise to Reduce Muscle Loss and Inflammation
Women and men who exercise regularly have larger and stronger hearts, and greater endurance and strength, than those who do not exercise regularly [1]. Their muscles are stronger and more coordinated [2]. We can all expect to become weaker as we age, but you can markedly delay this inevitable loss of muscle strength by having…
Liz Truss Rules Out 2nd Scottish Independent Referendum If She Becomes UK Prime Minister
Liz Truss has pledged that there will be no second referendum on Scottish independence if she becomes Conservative Party leader and UK prime minister. In the first independence referendum held in 2014, the Scottish electorate voted 55–45 percent to reject independence and remain part of the UK. But First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who is also…
Ethan Peck on ‘Managerial Class’ Behind Woke Takeover of Corporate America
In April 2021, large corporations such as Coca-Cola, Delta Airline, and Home Depot rallied against Georgia’s election reform, parroting a leftist narrative that the measure was “racist.” It was seen by many as a manifestation of the “woke” takeover of corporate America, in which a company’s capital is diverted to left-wing causes that shareholders never…
Oregonians to Vote on Gun Control Measure Opponent Calls ‘Strictest’ in the Nation
Oregonians will soon vote on a ballot measure that opponents say could virtually end the legal sale of firearms in the state, making it one of the “strictest gun-control measures ever proposed in the nation,” according to Leonard Williamson, an explanatory committee member who opposes the measure. If voters approve Measure 114, the “Changes to…
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