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Monthly Archives: December 2011
How the potato changed the world
From a piece by Charles C. Mann that makes the compelling case for how the potato changed everything. The effects of this transformation were so striking that any general history of Europe without an entry in its index for S. … Continue reading
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You are what you eat
From Scientific American: Ted Sabarese shot a photo series of people and the fish they look like.
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Flaws and all: Hitch unsubscribes
With so many Hitch pieces out there today, it’s hard to pick one good representative one. This will do too.
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Five charts that explain the year in politics
Ryan Lizza explains his choices here.
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Hopeless: 1 in 2 Americans is poor or low-income
From NPR. Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. The latest census data depict a … Continue reading
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