Wildcards – Week of 05.26.13

By Bifurcated Carrots

There is an important vote coming up concerning proposed changes to EU seed law. This is a vote in the EU Commission, by written procedure, on Monday 6 May 2013.

If the legi…

Why a Recovery May Still Feel Like a Recession
New York Times (31 Jul 09)  The recession has produced declines far greater than in previous downturns over the past half-century. As a result, th…

By Chris Dever

High-Fructose Corn Syrup – The Corn Refiners Association recently asked the FDA in the U.S. to allow high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) to be renamed ‘corn sugar’ for labelling purposes…

By: Greg Palast

I need to speak to you, not as a reporter, but in my former capacity as lead investigator in several government nuclear plant fraud and racketeering investigations.

I don’t know th…

The Georgia Election Code (the “Code”) mandates that “[e]very candidate for federal and state office who is certified by the state executive committee of a political party or who files a notice of can…