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Friday music blogging: David Mayfield
Earlier this year, a friend of mine casually mentioned that he’d been enjoying the David Mayfield Parade album. This friend happens to be a professional music critic, so I tracked it down, despite having never heard a thing about it (and I keep up with new music pretty well). And damn! The album quickly became […]
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WTO doesn’t want you to know where your meat was born
Mystery meat is about to make a comeback, now that the WTO has slapped down a rule requiring country-of-origin labels.
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Cities outpace the ‘burbs for the first time in almost a century
Between-year census numbers suggest that many of our largest cities are growing more quickly than the shriveling suburbs. But it’s not just because cities are awesome.
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Texas GOP officially comes out against critical thinking
Who needs book larnin': The Texas GOP’s platform is explicitly opposed to critical thinking skills in education.
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Here’s why the prettiest tomatoes taste the worst
It turns out it's genetic -- the gene that makes tomatoes ripen uniformly also ruins their taste.
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Raw deal: Maine residents’ fight for unregulated food draws crackdown
Official "food sovereignty" ordinances in eight Maine towns haven't stopped local officials from suing an area farmer for selling raw milk.
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Did climate change ’cause’ the Colorado wildfires?
The question of whether climate change "causes" certain events drives David Roberts a little nuts, but he tries to tackle it once and for all.
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Healthcare ruling’s environmental fallout: What is the meaning of ‘inactivity’?
The conservatives who failed to overturn Obamacare did manage to put a ridiculous new legal doctrine into play that will plague sensible environmental regulations for years.
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Watch an engine take itself apart, clean itself, and put itself back together
When your stuff breaks, the world is usually better off if you can fix or refurbish it rather than throwing it out and buying a new one. But that’s hard and not everyone knows how to do it, especially with complicated stuff like engines.
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‘Monsanto Protection Act’ would keep GMO crops in the ground during legal battles
One sneaky provision on this year's agriculture appropriations docket would practically give biotech companies immunity from USDA regulation. Needless to say, activists are up in arms.
