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An Inspiring Story or Another Distorted Messages on Obesity?
Posted on March 27, 2011
Earlier in the week, I wrote about the problems I saw with Joe D’Amico’s all-McDonald’s diet “experiment” leading up to the L.A. Marathon. It turns out that that was not the only potentially troubling obesity-related story coming out of the marathon. The media was also very excited to report on Kelly Gneiting becoming the heaviest […]
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The Marketing Situation of Doritos (FTC Complaint)
Posted on October 19, 2011
NPLAN filed a complaint today with the FTC today alleging that Frito-Lay has engaged in deceptive marketing to teens by disguising Doritos ads as entertainment; by collecting and using kids’ personal information in violation of its own privacy policy and without adequate disclosure about the extent and purpose of the data collection; and by engaging […]
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Should Obese Airline Passengers Be Forced to Buy Two Seats?
Posted on October 18, 2011
Last week, I traveled to the University of Tulsa College of Law to give a talk on the psychology of retribution. The faculty was extremely welcoming and I had a great time, but on the way back I found myself in a challenging situation. Shortly after I settled into my seat, a woman asked me […]
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David Vitter, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Jon Ensign, Mark Sanford, Chris Lee, and Now Arnold Schwarzenegger and Anthony Weiner: The Disposition Is Weaker than the Situation
Posted on June 8, 2011
During the summer of 2007, we published the post below in response to the sex scandal du jour involving U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA). We republished it in the wake of former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s (D) “indiscretions.” Former U.S. Senator and Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee John Edwards’ confession had us dusting off […]
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McDonald’s Favorite Man: Don Gorske
Posted on May 19, 2011
May 17th is an important day for Ronald. You see, each year it marks the anniversary of when one Fond du Lac, Wisconsin man decided to start eating Big Macs. Since 1972, that man, Don Gorske, has eaten 25,000 of McDonald’s famous burgers — typically two a day — becoming, as I and other Situationist […]
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Holder on the Situation of Violence
Posted on May 11, 2011
In 2010, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the launch of the “Defending Childhood” initiative to help prevent children’s and young people’s exposure to violence, mitigate its effects and put an end to cycles of violence that undermine the public’s health. During this webcast, he described his vision for this initiative and its progress so […]
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The Power of Word Choice: “Lifestyle” Diseases
Posted on April 23, 2011
As readers will note, I’ve been blogging a lot about the situation of obesity recently and so I read Mark Bittman’s recent op-ed in the New York Times, “How to Save a Trillion Dollars,” with special attention. I agreed with a lot of what Bittman said about how changing our diets is one of the […]
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Sending the Wrong Message
Posted on March 23, 2011
Joe D’Amico probably had the best of intentions when he set out to eat an all-McDonald’s diet for thirty days leading up to the L.A. Marathon. And, in fact, as a result of internet buzz, his “food challenge” ended up raising $26,000 for Ronald McDonald charities. At the race a few days ago, D’Amico set […]
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David Vitter, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Jon Ensign, Mark Sanford, and Now Chris Lee: The Disposition Is Weaker than the Situation
Posted on February 14, 2011
During the summer of 2007, we published the post below in response to the sex scandal du jour involving U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA). We republished it in the wake of former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s (D) “indiscretions.” Former U.S. Senator and Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee John Edwards’ confession had us dusting off […]
Posted in Emotions, Evolutionary Psychology, Ideology, Life, Morality, Politics, Video | 1 Comment »
