Blogs
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Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe
When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...
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This dude I met on the street
I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...
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Four Days in Jujuy
My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...
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A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)
1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...
2014
Do we really care about Ebola?
Author: Rourke Healey On July 12, 1968, TIME Magazine published a head-turning cover story on starving children in the Biafran civil war. The pleading eyes of...
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Lack of protection in protected marine reserves: How the Galapagos leads in policy, fails in practice
Author: Ella Fornari Just because an area is named a marine reserve and a UNESCO heritage site does not mean that it is pristine and well-protected....
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In the Vernacular
Author: Lena Smith Vernacular is a great word, and not only because it's fun to say. A vernacular is simply any variation of a language a...
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Discomfort and Euphoria
Author: Keegan McChesney There are two things we take for granted everyday: electricity and water. In Nepal, these essential systems are erratic.As someone from an affluent...
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Netanyahu: Repetitive fear-mongering undermines US-Israeli relations
Author: Joseph Evans Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu—who bypassed the White House in accepting House Speaker John A. Boehner’s invitation to address Congress on Iran’s nuclear...
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The Meaning of Submission
Author: Eileen Lee "Submission" as a word has gained a pretty nasty connotation. It smells of hidden abuse, of extortion, of tyranny, threats to liberty and...
2015
Bear Market Investing
Author: William Pottenger Avoiding losses during a bear market is simpler than one might imagine. Surprisingly, the key is to do nothing.If your portfolio is a...
2015
Redefining normal
Author: Jane Drinkard Sept. 16 was the 3-week anniversary of my time here in Cuba. It’s funny how people always ask you after returning from experiences...
