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Saturday, April 25, 2009 12:00 AM

Can we afford to eat ethically?

Organic food prices are daunting in a recession. But do we have to choose between our principles and our pocketbooks? I devised an experiment to find out.

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Friday, April 24, 2009 09:15 PM

Home Economics for the Leftist Grrl

When I was in 8th grade we had to take a class called "Home Economics". We made brownies and sewed and such like. This was all considered "women's work" but because we were being educated by sensitive bureaucrats the idea was that boys should be exposed to this curriculum as well as girls.

Fast forward 25 years.

Now women are being called upon not only to manage the eco-cleanliness of their families domiciles, but also to manage the ethical qualities of their families food choices: a leftist version of "Better Homes and Gardens".

I think we should all just eat canned spam, learn to clean a handgun and live by plunder. I want to live in a robotic future where we survive on calorie pellets dispensed from the government truck that visits our housing complex once per month.

I am just so tired of it all, really.

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