A Tale of Two Shootings Nov 10, 2009
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The "Smart Choices" the Government Wants To Make For You Oct 22, 2009
There is no Upton Sinclair on the best-seller lists with a "The Jungle" like tome denouncing the cereal manufacturers. What there is is a new push for nanny-statism that boggles the mind. (Townhall.com)
Barracuda Among the Butterflies Oct 2, 2009
She roughed up Upton Sinclair, the socialist novelist and agitator, on more than one occasion, noting his good reviews in the Communist party s literary magazine: The meanest remark in the New Masses is about Upton Sinclair s new book, Mountain City. Style and content are one. (The American Conservative)
Wars of the Religious Left Sep 22, 2009
Socialist Upton Sinclair predicted that the war would have a transforming effect upon the churches, spreading the progressive gospel at the expense of old-fashioned dogmatism. The churches would now be inspired by things read, not in ancient Hebrew texts, but in the daily newspapers. (The American Conservative)
Joel Salatin, Cultivating Freedom Sep 22, 2009
The government s monopoly on meat regulation began in 1906, when in response to public panic resulting from the publication of Upton Sinclair s The Jungle, Teddy Roosevelt signed legislation mandating federal meat inspections. Today, Salatin claims that agricultural regulation favors multinational corporations such as ConAgra and Monsanto because the science that supports the USDA regulatory framework is paid for by these corporations, which give large grants to leading agricultural academics. (The American Conservative)
Schumpeter: Taking flight Sep 21, 2009
Upton Sinclair dwelt on the inferno of exploitation in Chicago s meat packing industry in The Jungle (1906). Muckraking journalists denounced the titans of American business as robber barons. (The Economist)
Media sheep facing truth-hungry Internet wolves Aug 31, 2009
Upton Sinclair said it best: It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Furthermore, the safest place during a stampede is the middle of the herd. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Who is controlling whom? Aug 14, 2009
Even pick up something as remedial as an Upton Sinclair book. Or take two hours at night, step away from these blogs and your impulsive itchy keyboard finger, and go through just a chapter a day of Theodore Roosevelt's biography. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Progressivism and the Rise of the M... Aug 14, 2009
Yet it was Upton Sinclair s The Jungle, first serialized in a California pro-social newspaper, which prompted Congress to pass meaningful legislation regulating meat packing in the Pure Food and Drug Act. The Media Changes with the Culture. (Suite101.com)
Thomas Hart Benton unsugarcoated takes Chautauqua stage (20) Jul 19, 2009
His new characters include Jefferson Davis, Upton Sinclair and Gov. George Wallace. He has a Ph. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
The Populism of the FDR Era Jul 4, 2009
The novelist Upton Sinclair ran for California governor in 1934 on a platform called End Poverty in California (EPIC), calling on the state to seize unused factories and farmland to house and employ the destitute. Francis Townsend, a 67-year-old Long Beach physician, won fame with a plan to give all Americans over 60 a monthly stipend of $150, funded by a national sales tax. (Time.com)
R&R Makes A Unique Comeback: Recessionary Road-Trippers Hit the Pavement Racking Up Miles & Smiles Jul 2, 2009
Once a Bohemian playground drawing the likes of Ansel Adams, Jack London, Robinson Jeffers, Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair, today visitors are more likely to run into ex-mayor Clint Eastwood (1986-1990), Pebble Beach players and celebrities seeking a bit of solace. Hikers who value nature at its naked best can head South on Highway 1 and experience true bliss at Point Lobos State Nature Reserve, home to some of the region's most dramatic seascapes and thousands of seabirds, seals, sea lions... (PR Newswire)
Refocusing the Media Agenda May 16, 2009
The famous muckraker, Upton Sinclair, once asked "What good does it does us, to fight for freedom abroad if, in the meantime, we are losing it at home?" So in the same vein, we ask fellow Ghanaians what good it does us to tear at each others' throats and strip each other naked publicly in the name of partisan politics, only to wake up the next morning and find stark poverty staring us all in the face without discrimination. Source:GNA. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet Book by Physician, Author, and Weight-Loss Expert Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., Available May 22nd Apr 28, 2009
Fletcher's diet had no shortage of eminent disciples including Mark Twain, John D. Rockefeller, and Upton Sinclair. " In Section Three, which is certain to be the most controversial, Dr. Siegal includes a series of myth-busting chapters in which he enthusiastically blasts the nutritional advice with which the public is constantly bombarded by well-meaning but misguided "experts" who, more often than not, have never treated an overweight person. He charges nutritionists, diet coaches, and even... (Canada Newswire)
Affleck reflects on the role of newspapers Apr 15, 2009
"It's not an Upton Sinclair adaptation, but the themes have to do with the American workers' relationship to the companies that employ them.". It's one of several projects he's working on. (Boston Globe)
Roosevelt's Second Term 1905 - 1909 Feb 11, 2009
It was one of these writers, Upton Sinclair, whose book The Jungle graphically illustrated conditions in Chicago s meat packing industry. Roosevelt, who had read the book, pushed for passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act, both in 1906. (Suite101.com)
100 years of crystal-clear recollections Feb 8, 2009
Feb. 28: Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle, a novel depicting the life of an immigrant family living in Chicago during the early 1900s. March 15: Rolls-Royce Ltd. is registered. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)
