one consumer activist?

Clark Howard has a show, website, blog, newsletters, etc. all which attempt to show consumers how to trim corners and save money which are important, very important in today's economy.

Frances B. Smith is executive director of the Washington-based Consumer Alert, a market-oriented watchdog group that tracks the errors, excesses and arrogance of very powerful government agencies, such as the Consumer Products Safety Commission.

Harvey W. Wiley, M.D., was the original--first at the Food and Drug Administration, where he became known as the "Father of the Pure Food and Drugs Act" and then at Good Housekeeping magazine.