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Tom Vilsack

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    April 19, 2013

    The Best Concerts to See in Los Angeles This Weekend

    Friday, April 20 The Call THE TROUBADOUR The Call couldn't have imagined its rousing song "Let the Day Begin" would be the rally cry for not one (Al Gore) but two (Tom Vilsack) presidential campaigns. The Northern California group, who came into their own in the 1980s, haven't had a release since 2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    USDA Releases Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010: Drink Water, Eat Less. Go Figure.

    USDA​Yesterday the USDA released the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Got a pen? A keyboard? Your Twitter app? And it's not a lot of governmentalese this time (well, okay it is), but some very sensible recommendations. Eat less, drink more water rather than sugary drinks, seriously lower ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    The Daily Meal's 50 Most Powerful People in Food

    Listmania continues (David Letterman's cultural legacy, perhaps, along with Velcro suits) but this time The Daily Meal has come up with something more compelling than a list of Top 10 Cupcakes. Theirs? America's 50 Most Powerful People in Food. It's a good list, as it would be: The Daily Meal is h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Does Shirley Sherrod Have A Libel Case Against Andrew Breitbart?

    ​ Shirley Sherrod, the Department of Agriculture official who got caught up in a Beltway maelstrom last week when conservative provocateur Andrew Breitbart accused her of discriminating against white farmers, will sue Breitbart for libel, she told a group of assembled black journalists Thursda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Andrew Breitbart, As Predicted, Loses No Juice In The GOP

    ​ Andrew Breitbart will co-host a fundraiser for the Republican National Committee next month at the Beverly Wilshire, TalkingPointsMemo reports. The conservative provocateur had a wild ride last week, posting video of Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod seeming to say she favo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Andrew Breitbart: Is There No Such Thing As Bad Publicity?

    ​ The past 36 hours have been a whirlwind for Andrew Breitbart, the right-wing bomb thrower who oversees a family of conservative Web sites -- Big Government, Big Journalism and Big Hollywood -- from an office building in Santa Monica. The quick history: He released a video that seemed to s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Sugar Shortage, Yes. Crisis? Not So Much.

    On August 7th, some of the country's largest food processors, including Mars, Hershey's, General Mills and Kraft, sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stating that the country was on the verge of a massive sugar shortage and that, without raising the quotas on the amount of tariff-free ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Truth? Dem Candidates Can't Handle the Truth

    First step in recovering would be admitting they were wrong on Iraq

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    Blogotics As Usual

    Wannabe presidents flood cyber convention

  • News

    July 8, 2004

    Party Man

    The irresistible rise of John Edwards

  • Columns

    September 19, 2002

    American Idyll

    Whatever happened to dirty bombs and homemade polio?

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