Turns out I’m going to be doing these every other week, as work, school, the elements of chance and fate, and the incapacity to be creative on a weekly basis have come together in a maelstrom of non-posting. Situation: Dr. Pourhritch was perhaps the greatness social engineer to have ever lived, of this there can [...]
28Sep09
Analog Dilemma: Dr. Pourhritch
By: Barry Belmont
By: Barry Belmont
Hiding behind the ploy of safety, the allure of health, and the spectacle of benevolence, the state of California has banned the use of trans fats by restaurants. Like the smoking bans that have preceded this piece of legislature, it is the State telling the market what it should do because of interests beyond the [...]