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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

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Funny, We Don’t Worry About Mad Romaine Disease

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BY FROMA HARROP Come July Fourth, millions of Americans will toss burgers on the grill without a second thought. It was different 14 years ago. Remember “mad cow disease” – the health crisis that never happened? Shortly before Independence Day 2004, the U.S. Agriculture Department announced – James Comey-like – the discovery of two “inconclusive” […]

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Froma Harrop
Froma Harrop
Harrop is an American writer and author. She is best known for her bi-weekly syndicated column which appears in about 200 news outlets including the Seattle Times, Newsday, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Arizona Republic, Detroit News, and Real Clear Politics and The Providence Journal. She is represented by Creators Syndicate Inc. in Los Angeles. Media Matters ranks her column 20th nationally in total readership and 14th in large newspaper concentration.