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FOODS WE LOVE: Pho

Pho is a traditional Vietnamese dish that began in the early 20th century as xáo trâu, a dish made of vermicelli noodles, onions and stir-fry buffalo meat. This dish became popular due to its being inexpensive and having easy-to-find ingredients. When the French colonized Vietnam, they...

The Right Gets It Wrong on Corporate Sustainability

If the root of "conservative" is "conserve," why does sustainability drive so many of our friends on the right side of the aisle to apoplexy? It's gotten so bad they're even attacking free-market favorites like Costco for being green. And that's a mega-jumbo-economy-...

FOODS WE LOVE: Corn Fritters

When I was growing up, my family went to a restaurant where the Friday night special was Yankee bean soup, Yankee pot roast, and corn fritters. I remember those sweet soft corn fritters above anything else in the meal because they were somewhere between cake and side dish and an utter delight to...

It's Time to Move Forward on Climate Change

In twelve short months, the nation weathered Hurricane Sandy, overwhelming heat waves, calamitous drought, and watched the Southwest burn. As President Obama said in his second Inaugural Address, "...none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more...

My Little Pescatarian

"Animals are my friends. I don’t want to eat my friends anymore."   Such was the moral epiphany of my three-year-old daughter, Chloe. I was impressed by her reasoning, but wondered: Should I let my three year old become a vegetarian? I don’t let her decide her own bedtime...