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on October 6, 2013 in World News

Showing Us What It Means to Be American

Veterans at the Memorial: Showing Us What It Means to Be American WASHINGTON, D.C.—A question Americans should answer for themselves is the one I am thinking through while standing at the National World War II Memorial on the Washington Mall this week. What kind of president doesn’t do everything he can to ensure that the elderly American men in wheelchairs I see before me have access to “their” memorial—even during a government shutdown? And when I say “their” memorial, I am not only referring to their World War II veteran status. This memorial cost $182 million to build; $197 million… View Article

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on September 17, 2013 in World News

Sugar is ‘addictive and the most dangerous drug of the times’

Sugar is ‘addictive and the most dangerous drug of the times’ Soft drinks should carry tobacco-style warnings that sugar is highly addictive and dangerous, a senior Dutch health official has warned. Paul van der Velpen, the head of Amsterdam’s health service, the Dutch capital city where the sale of cannabis is legalised, wants to see sugar tightly regulated. “Just like alcohol and tobacco, sugar is actually a drug. There is an important role for government. The use of sugar should be discouraged. And users should be made aware of the dangers,” he wrote on an official public health website. “This… View Article

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