Author: boran2

H.R.4167, the new food labelling legislation (National Uniformity for Food Act), has passed in the House.  (The Senate version is still pending.)  This is so, despite the fact that hearings were never held.  Many...

A long time ago in a country far, far away… Early twentieth century Russia.  A young boy has many difficulties to endure in his life.  His parents have split up, his frigid mother leaving him and his brother in...

Shameless self-promoter that I am, a few days ago I asked BooMan if he would consider having a reader blogs section like over at, umm, dailykos.  (There, I’ve done it.  I’ve named the place that shall not...

Welcome back! This week I will continue with the painting of the New Mexico Zuni Mesa seen in the photo below.  Once again, although the photo is not my own, I have been to the site many times in my travels. When we...

Recently, I posted a diary about proposed legislation to change food labelling here.  H.R.4167 is an attempt, at least in part, to roll back the more stringent California labelling standards.  Apparently pressure...