Random links
- In Italian Food, What's Authentic and Does It Really Even Matter?
- "Things change, our palates change and what was new today may become the tradition of tomorrow -- a tradition so ensconced that the minute you think of that cuisine you think of the dish, the way pasta with New World tomato sauce or New World polenta immediately makes you think of Italy." - an essay on authenticity.
- Mom Faces Jail for Making Son Walk to School
- Admittedly 4.6 miles is a bit of a trek, but "her 10-year-old son had been suspended from the bus for a week and she was making him walk to school as punishment"
- Greek Crisis Has Pharmacists Pleading for Aspirin as Drug Supply Dries Up
- What do you do about healthcare when the country is broke? Something to think about in regard to the long-term sustainability of current healthcare systems.
- A Tale of Two Sex Hormones
- Taking testosterone (steroids) to boost performance vs. popping estrogen (in this case birth control pills). Should they be treated differently? "Yet, when one compares this sex hormone, testosterone, to the sex hormone now in the news, estrogen, it is hard to see why, on medical and social grounds alone, the one would be severely restricted and the other so freely dispensed that people are ready, not simply to affirm its legality, but to mandate that people and institutions violate their religious faith to purchase it for women who want it."
- Are Western Activists Really Reducing Child Labor?
- The short answer: No. They may even be making the situation worse. Read the article for more.