Skip to content

Jack El-Hai

Author and Coach

  • Home
  • About
  • Books
  • Commissioned Books
  • Writing and Coaching for Physicians
  • Damn History
  • Blog
  • Contact
MENU
×
  • Home
  • About
  • Books
  • Commissioned Books
  • Writing and Coaching for Physicians
  • Damn History
  • Blog
  • Contact
Divider line

Posts Tagged ‘nix v. hedden’

U.S. Supreme Court Decides Whether the Tomato is Fruit or Vegetable

By Jack El-Hai | July 1, 2012 | 0
tomato slices

All of last week’s attention on the U.S. Supreme Court reminded me of an earlier decision that was downright pedestrian compared with the court’s judgment on healthcare law. The big legal question in Nix v. Hedden (1893) was whether federal law should view tomatoes as vegetables or fruits.Fruit or vegetable? The Supreme Court had an opinion. How…

Read More

Recent Posts

  • Resolutions for journalists and everyone else
  • A virtual funeral changes perspective
  • The Short and Wondrous Career of Harry Glicken
  • The U.S. Vice President Who Wrote a Pop Music Hit
  • The Black Stork: A physician’s cinematic argument for eugenics

Recent Comments

  • Jack El-Hai on What’s Wrong with the Crazy Horse Monument?
  • DPhenix on What’s Wrong with the Crazy Horse Monument?
  • Jack El-Hai on What’s Wrong with the Crazy Horse Monument?
  • Gary A Ashley on What’s Wrong with the Crazy Horse Monument?
  • Jack El-Hai on What’s Wrong with the Crazy Horse Monument?

Archives

  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • December 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • December 2016
  • September 2016
  • May 2016
  • March 2016
  • January 2016
  • June 2015
  • March 2015
  • November 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • September 2013
  • March 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • July 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012

Categories

  • Journalism
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Contact

© 2022 Jack El-Hai. All Rights Reserved. Website by Sumy Designs, LLC

Scroll To Top