John M. Simpson is an American consumer rights advocate and former journalist. Since 2005, he has worked for Consumer Watchdog, a nonpartisan nonprofit public interest group, as the lead researcher on Inside Google, the group's effort to educate the public about Google's dominance over the internet and the need for greater online privacy.
"I'm making you and offer you can't refuse," said Robert Goldstein. "Free money to do good things." Goldstein, chief scientific officer for…
Apr 15, 2008Though the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) must be commended for hosting the Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research meeting in Washington…
Apr 11, 2008Stem cell agency President Alan Trounson told members of the Facilities Working Group (FWG) at the beginning of their two-day meeting Friday…
Apr 7, 2008Salaries for key officials at the National Institutes of Health show clearly just how bloated the top salaries at the California stem…
Apr 7, 2008Has then California stem cell agency finally learned the value of good relations with the State Legislature? Maybe so.
Apr 3, 2008I reported last week on my efforts to receive a promised television set for signing up with Verizon's FiOS Triple Freedom plan. …
Mar 31, 2008
Remember the Interstate Alliance on Stem Cell Research? They're the folks who threw me out of their meeting last summer in Irvine,…
Mar 27, 2008I don't know which was worse: Repeatedly being told "we realize your time is important" as I waited for a live agent…
Mar 26, 2008Back in February California's stem cell agency made a big deal of hosting a meeting of the International Stem Cell Forum. Chairman…
Mar 25, 2008Big drug companies like to tell us that the reason pills cost so much is the high cost of research and development. …
Mar 21, 2008Key patents giving ownership of all human embryonic stem cells to the University of Wisconsin have been upheld by the U.S. Patent…
Mar 13, 2008NEWS RELEASE February 7, 2008 CONTACT:...
Feb 7, 2008North County Times (San Diego, CA) John M. Simpson, of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, said his group agrees with…
Jan 7, 2008North County Times (San Diego, CA) January 7, 2008 by BRADLEY J. FIKES - Staff Writer C...
Jan 7, 2008The San Diego Union-Tribune John M. Simpson of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa Monica said that John Reed,…
Nov 22, 2007$500 Million BP Deal Near Completion As Big Oil Pumps Money Into Colleges
Oct 4, 2007$500 Million BP Deal at Berkeley Near Completion; Oil Dollars Flow to Colleges Across the USA
Sep 26, 2007