No. 13 of 108
June 26 2025
ConAgra and Nestle, among others, pledge to phase out artificial food dyes, while continuing with ultra-processed foods. A preservative used in multi-dose vaccines is removed (unapproved) by a newly constituted CDC panel, limiting approvals to single-dose vaccines which haven’t had preservatives for some time now. New details emerge on the strikes of Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities, with broad characterizations of effectiveness unattached to details as Israeli and Iranian officials pledge to continue their mutually excluding paths.
As leaders strive for “better” and “great”, “wins” and “strikes”, there are few simple solutions. How do we assess the whole over the long haul? Keeping track of what’s happening right now should be a piece in a bigger picture, a bigger purpose. Given the scrum of affairs, the bigger purpose is as fruitfully created and held in the commons, as we may have depended too long on a handful of leaders (in the past).
