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In the early days of the last US elections, Hillary Clinton's campaign was accused of deliberately darkening Barack Obama's skin in a TV ad. The implication was that by highlighting Obama's "blackness", Clinton's camp was trying to exploit negative associations that voters might have with darker…
The following was lifted from an email I sent to a friend yesterday. I've since modified it by incorporating David Brooks and Paul Krugman's columns as they clearly support my arguement that the framing wars have begun - it is a critical time and we must all continue the fight. OK here the email:…

About that manuka-honey story ... There was a JAC paper a few years ago warning that bacteria could become less susceptible in the presence of low doses of the active ingredient in tea-tree oil. I am not a botanist and so can't say if the active ingredient is present in oil in the same concentration as in honey, but just FYI.