Nutrition: Beyond Meat beyond viable business?
Beyond Meat has lost 99.5% of its share value since its peak.
Public health: So-called “Blue Zones” are a fraud
"Blue Zones" and the Blue Zone diet appear to have been based on bad record keeping and pension fraud leading to false claims of many centenarians.
Nutrition: “Planetary-diet” could lead to poor health
Activist nutrition "scientists" promote a "planetary diet scheme" that will harm health. I know from personal experience.
Nutrition: Chocolate consumption leads to more Nobel Awards
It's just science :)
Updated: Nutrition science is about climate, animal rights, and labor abuses
This was originally posted in April 2025. This has been updated to note Stanford’s Christopher Gardner’s role and his conflicts of interest in promoting a “plant-based” diet via the USDA…
Personal Finance: 40% of those earning over $500k are “living paycheck to paycheck”
Apparently those making a lot are financially illiterate, as their "wants" grow with their salary.
Business: Is the MBA degree still worth it?
The US is graduating 200k to 250k MBAs per year and the market is saturated.
Education: How an ETS GRE Scoring Error Screwed Thousands of Students
In the early 1980s, ETS screwed thousands of students taking the GRE graduate admission exam. I know, because I was one of those students.
Health: Effectiveness of influenza vaccine
Contrary to some social media posts, the influenza vaccine does appear to work.
Demographics: Children’s hospital wing may close
The 10-bed facility has an average daily census of less than 2. CA has a fertility rate of 1.52 - there just aren't many kids anymore.