A perfect discovery for Labor Day: archivists at San Francisco State University have compiled a historical gallery of American union labels. The site also has some information for reference. A nice exhibit.
I hadn’t seen this old SEIU logo until now. I wonder whether its designers—and the leaders that commissioned it—thought its thin strands of light might keep the enveloping dark at bay by itself surrounding some of it.
Never let multi-national food companies tell you what to eat. It’s pretty scary that there are people championing the nutritional benefits of Froot Loops. An interesting look into the evils of the food industry.
A new food-labeling campaign called Smart Choices, backed by most of the nation’s largest food manufacturers, is “designed to help shoppers easily identify smarter food and beverage choices.”
The green checkmark label that is starting to show up on store shelves will appear on hundreds of packages, including — to the surprise of many nutritionists — sugar-laden cereals like Cocoa Krispies and Froot Loops.
“These are horrible choices,” said Walter C. Willett, chairman of the nutrition department of the Harvard School of Public Health.
“It was paid for by industry and when industry put down its foot and said this is what we’re doing, that was it, end of story,” he said…“You could start out with some sawdust, add calcium or Vitamin A and meet the criteria,” Mr. Jacobson said.
And this one, too.
I was about to call this episode great science fiction, but I realized that labeling it so narrowly would be a disservice to the originality, craftsmanship, and daring that drove its creation. I say this not to demean science fiction, which is no less of a way to tell stories than any other, but to recognize the contribution of Rod Serling and others involved in the series as one that transcended genre. This episode—and many of the series that I’ve seen so far—belongs among the highest ranks of all American creative work.
