| Dec 22, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyAfter Peter O’Toole died in December, The New York Times gave him a worthy sendoff. The marvelous English actor’s obituary, which began on the front page, ran several thousand words. At the conclusion of its online version the Times ran this addendum:...
| Dec 18, 2013 | Food / FarmingShrimp cocktail makes a great finger food for holiday parties. Right? Only if you have no idea how those crustaceans were produced. Because if you did, you wouldn’t want to eat shrimp again. Before I go on, I’ll say this: There is good shrimp out there....
| Dec 11, 2013 | Environment / HealthSanta’s changing some policies at the North Pole. You see, he’s concerned about global warming. If the polar ice caps melt, his workshop will sink into the Arctic Ocean. He’d become a climate refugee. What’s more, our changing climate is...
| Dec 4, 2013 | Environment / HealthThe holiday traditions are starting already. Here’s mine. My mom called me because she found a great deal on a paring knife at Williams Sonoma. Do I want it? I assured her that I’m getting along fine with the knives I have but thanked her for the thought....
| Nov 27, 2013 | Economy / BusinessWho says Walmart isn’t big-hearted? Just look at the chain’s outlet in Canton, Ohio, where management set up bins for food donations, asking people to give generously to the poor who otherwise would not have a Thanksgiving dinner. But the bins...
