I’m skeptical of any organization that uses the words ‘Freedom’ or ‘Facts’ in its name, as it’s pretty much a guarantee of neither. (OK, Peter points out that Drug War Facts is legit.) So yesterday I was poking around to see who’s putting those ‘PETA Kills Animals’ ads in the newspapers (not because I’m a [...]
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Man, everything is happening at Ditmars now that I’ve left! The NY Times reports that there was some dude standing around under the stairs up to the train, looking up the ladies’ skirts. Well, our noble council rep, Peter Vallone, was shocked, shocked to learn that there was no law against this kind of thing, [...]
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Matt over at Post Haste Taste blogs about sustainable agriculture, and how eating normal, unprocessed food for dinner, even if it is poor demonized potatoes, is just not going to kill you. He has a good thoughtful essay on why the current food system in the US is failing, and how it could be better. [...]
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Peter’s a little worried that when his book comes out, people will think he hates Baltimore. In fact, he loves it. There was a very nice piece on NPR’s Morning Edition today, an interview with crime writer Laura Lippman, about how Baltimore is f***ed up, but still wonderful. There’s discussion (and samples) of the Baltimore [...]
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