| Jan 29, 2014 | Environment / Health“It’s been a bit cold here,” my dad told me on a recent phone call. He lives in Chicago; I’m in San Diego. The next time I turned on the news, I saw headlines screaming “Polar Vortex!” with sub-zero temperatures across the Midwest....
| | Food / FarmingFor generations, picture-takers have instructed their subjects to say “cheese.” Well, no people say “cheese” better than Wisconsinites, who unabashedly wear cheesehead hats in public, celebrate dozens of cheese festivals, have a Monterey Jack...
| | Environment / HealthWill our fossil-fueled economy make humans go the way of the dinosaurs? There are plenty of reasons to think so. Coal, oil, and gas continue to account for 87 percent of global energy consumption despite scientific consensus that drastic change is essential for...
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| | Rights / DemocracyThe State of our Union is strong, He says. Extreme Inequality is wrong, He says. The poor feel like they don’t belong, He says. We need a new Seeger song, He says. America needs a raise, He says. We’ve yet to see our best days, He says. We can defeat our...
