Over the weekend I listened to an episode of This American Life on NPR in which they broke down the current financial crisis in the space of 59 minutes. The show approached the banking meltdown from the angle of balance sheets, highlighting in simple terms the reason we are in such a pickle, namely that [...]
This week I had an opportunity to watch the award winning documentary Flow, which premiered at the Sundance Film festival in 2008, and is now available on DVD. The film focuses on the worldwide fresh water crisis, and raises the question of water ownership. Is fresh drinking water a basic human right, or something that [...]
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Why The Omnivore’s Dilemma Should Be On Every Eaters Reading List
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People who spend a lot of time around me have gotten used to the fact that I begin an absurd number of my sentences with “Jillian says”. “Jillian” is none other than Jillian Michaels, best known as one of the trainers on The Biggest Loser, who is also the host of her own [...]
