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LawJanuary 3, 2022
The Uncanny Resemblance of the Beer Hall Putsch and the January 6 Insurrection
If 1920s Germany could punish Hitler for leading a coup attempt, why can’t America go after Trump?
David E. Gumpert
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EconomyOctober 7, 2008
Toxic Loans, Tainted Food
As financial markets reel from the US financial crisis and tainted Chinese dairy products are sold around the world, we’re learning hard lessons on the limits of globalization.
David E. Gumpert
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Science and HealthMay 27, 2008
Got Milk? Get Investigated
State and federal authorities are relying on undercover agents to entrap dairy farmers.
David E. Gumpert
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Science and HealthMarch 5, 2008
Milk Wars
As struggling dairy farmers seek profits by responding to rising consumer demand for raw milk, regulators are taking a hard line.
David E. Gumpert
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Science and HealthDecember 14, 2007
USDA Bets the Farm on Animal ID Program
A plan to implant farm animals with electronic tracking tags gives corporate agriculture a monopoly on the future of food, and it has sparked political backlash in rural America.
William Pentland and David E. Gumpert
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Science and HealthNovember 17, 2007
Old McDonald Had a Farm…and He Got Arrested?
As consumers increasingly seek out farmers who raise organic and unpasteurized food, suddenly energized regulators claim they want to “protect” us from pathogens and other dangers. What gives?
David E. Gumpert