Just a quick note on another important aspect of the food debate, one that doesn’t relate to the food itself directly. At the same time, it does reflect on the nature of the debate about food. I speak of the issue of “food corporations,” “making money,” “product disparagement,” and “coercive competition.” It is difficult to …
There Wasn’t Any Food, He Explained
Chapter 3 is a short piece on “The Elevator.” Pollan doesn’t have a lot to say here, except to point out what a large amount of corn there is out there, and to state it in such a way as to make us a bit disgusted with certain aspects of handling that much. For example, …
Fall Into Fruitfulness
In his second chapter, Michael Pollan reveals two important things. The first is that he believes that ethical norms are created by a mythic state of nature. And since that mythic state of nature was long ago, far away, and mute on top of that, the standards that come from this state of nature need …
Yellow at the Resurrection
So I like Michael Pollan, and I like his writing voice. This book promises to be a lot of fun, and very informative. For any who want some more background on Pollan, here isa video clip where he and Hugh Grant (no, not that one) discuss some of these issues. Grant is the head of …
Homeopathic Poison
Michael Pollan was one of those interviewed for Food, Inc., and while I differ with the whole project, he really seemed to me to be among the sane ones. Couple that with the fact that his book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, is well spoken of, I thought I should do a series of posts reacting to …
Phood Pharisaism
Those who have been following these posts on food have often seen me qualify and set boundaries to what I have been saying. Such qualifications are necessary and good, and so here comes another one. Put this one in the categories of two different prepositions — at and for. Who are these posts aimed at, …
Like a Scolded Cat
All systems of thought have terms of praise and blame. In the world of the new food, a central term of praise is the word natural. It is only natural, therefore, that we take a look at it. A particular food is described as “natural,” or perhaps even “all-natural.” We all know enough to know …
Way More Leafy Greens
D.L Moody once said that if you throw a rock into a pack of stray dogs, the one that yelps is the one that got hit. In a similar vein, the wicked flee when no man pursues (Prov. 28:1). When I attack the trends that are conspiring to introduce food laws into the Church, and …
Then the Climate Data Went Blooey
So there’s weather and there’s climate. When the global warming shillists were back in their prime, they would regale us with anecdote after anecdote about the weather, claiming that this told us something about the climate. The actual climate claims were based on something else, but they sought to persuade the boobs by means of …
Some Real Examples Are Every Bit as Crazy
So that no one will think I am writing about them in particular, let me make an example up. And let us also be honest. If I had not told you that I was making it up, you would have had to google it to find out. These are difficult days in which to be …