Dave: Recent research is all over the news which describes how the brain can get into an addictive state where the urge to eat junk food is almost impossible to resist, and how these addictions are exacerbated by the slightest cues in our environment. Gee, with a grim prognosis like that, what’s a person...
Read more →Dave: Tracy, I had heard that food at the Olympic Village used to be awful, like McDonalds and stuff like that, largely due to sponsorship. But I also heard that Beijing tried hard to have good food. What’s the Olympic Village food like now? Is it healthy? I imagine that some athletes bring their...
Read more →Christopher Hitchens tore the Olympics a new one in his Newsweek article this month. Whatever the topic, he makes his opinion very clear. But in this case, his tone was particularly bilious, and downright hostile. The photos of athletes used for the article were deliberately unflattering, and it’s probably just as well that they...
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