An oft-repeated liberal response to complaints about the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare in common parlance) is that Republicans, and their conservative and libertarian allies, have no alternative plan for “fixing” the current healthcare mess. Costs are prohibitive, access is limited, and when a personal health disaster strikes, too few are prepared or have the […]
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Book Review | An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage [Contributor]
December 27, 2013 by
Food is the nouveau topic to write about. Whether it’s an exposition on the mad genius that is Ferran Adrià, or the theological import of maize in the Mayan culture, food is where it’s at. In this vein, An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage examines food and its impact on the whole of human development. […]
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