Leslie Halleck is a horticulturist and general manager at North Haven Gardens in Dallas who blogs at growLively. Today she comments on the difference between grocery store eggs and the eggs from her backyard chickens: I’m often asked if there is any difference between my fresh backyard eggs and eggs […]
Read MoreSome random musings on “forever”
When I lived in Denmark, a friend told me that no one there receives a prison sentence longer than fourteen years, regardless of their crime. I’ve since learned that that’s not true, but the idea still baffles and appeals to me, and that has nothing to do with the specific […]
Read MoreEquality worth working for
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” The true meaning, mind you– not merely what is reflected in the law, but in how […]
Read MoreWhat basis for equality?
Cross-posted from State of Formation. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” The true meaning, mind you– not merely what is reflected in the […]
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That’s all I can say at the moment– just, wow. From Casaubon’s Book, an excerpt from a post entitled “On Sentiment…And Against Sentimentality“: Sentiment officially has no place in agriculture, but I’ve met precious few smaller farmers who don’t have a spot of it. Indeed, I’ve come to suspect that […]
Read MoreSome thoughts on “opting out.”
To return to a Michael Pollen note for a bit (sorry), I came across a section of Omnivore’s Dilemma today that devoted some discussion to “opting out.” The context was home-schooling parents who also decide to buy their food from local farmers rather than from the grocery store, and Pollan […]
Read MoreOn stupidity compounding tragedy
I love Popehat. They’re certainly a brash bunch, but when there’s a spade around that needs to be called a spade, they can be relied upon to do it: Tragedy Generates Stupidity Tragedy makes people say, and do, stupid things. Let’s note just a few of the stupid things said […]
Read MoreExamining some gut reactions
I’m going to attempt to write this post, and then see if I’m too biased to even finish it. You see, congresswomen Gabrielle Giffords was shot yesterday in front of a grocery story in Tucson Arizona, along with several other people. I think the last time a member of Congress […]
Read More2010: The year in photographers being harrassed by government officials
Carlos Miller of Photography Is Not A Crime documents incidents throughout 2010 in which photographers and videographers were penalized by the government for recording incidents that took place in public. Photography Is Not A Crime is apparently currently in financial straits, as Miller has been paying for the project entirely […]
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