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Introducing Soccer Mom 2.0
Standing on the sidelines of the soccer field I realize that I am now an official “soccer mom.” But I don’t think I’m the woman whom political strategists appealed to into the 1996 elections when they first coined the term. I don’t drive a mini van. I don’t wear mom jeans.
Is All Sugar Created Equal? High Fructose Corn Syrup Myths
I’m sure you’ve seen it. The new campaign for high fructose corn syrup in which the Corn Refiners Association has decided to rebrand and rename their product. Reflecting on changing consumer sentiment around high fructose corn syrup and declining sales, the Corn Refiners Association has petitioned the FDA for a name change to high fructose corn syrup. They want to call it “corn sugar”. The ad campaign is brilliant. Worried, they ask? We are, too, they claim. Only their concern doesn’t stem from the epidemic rates of obesity, diabetes and corn allergies that we are seeing, but rather their concern stems from a 20 year low in the sale of high fructose corn syrup and the impact it is having on the profitability of members of the Corn Refiners Association
A Christmas Miracle
The snow fell on Sunday and covered the ground with a pure white blanket, and our daughter arrived home from her semester abroad in London. I had talked to her the day before on the phone she was in bed with the worst possible cold; her packing complete, she simply didnt have the energy to get out of bed even for meals. As she told me about the medications she had taken with no effect and the looming 22 hour trip home the next day, she broke down in tears.