The Grey Lady celebrates the culinary alchemy that’s processing plant-based foods so it tastes like meat, dairy, and the pièce de résistance: Spam.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/9/2021
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After a Long, Hard Summer, Southern Europe’s Long Awaited Tourism Recovery Remains Largely Elusive
Global travel is still far from returning to anything like the conditions that existed prior to the pandemic — at least for non-essential travellers.
Removing Urban Highways Can Improve Neighborhoods Blighted by Decades of Racist Policies
Urban planning has been used to classify, segregate and compromise people’s opportunities based on race. Highway removal can improve urban neighborhoods.
With 38 Million Facing Food Insecurity, Hunger in US Soared by Nearly 9% in 2020
The US avoided mass starvation in 2020 mostly because the federal government stepped in to dramatically increase food and cash aid.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/8/2021
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Waste Watch: New EPA Reports Document Chemical and Plastics Contamination in Compost
In two August reports documenting the presence of PFAS and plastics contaminants in compost, the EPA tags food waste as the source.
A Climate Disaster Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes—And Politicians Still Refuse to Take Action
Tropical storm Ida reminds us how little U.S. politicians have done to address climate change since Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans in 2005.
US as Failed State: Covid Booster Shot Mess
The booster situation has developed not necessarily to the Biden Administration’s advantage.
US Has No Intention of a Global Military Retreat Despite Biden’s Promise
The US military-industrial complex will promote remote warfare as a myriad of risks diminish worldwide security.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/7/2021
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The Bizarre Civil War-Stoking Impulses of the Professional-Managerial Class in the US
The professional-managerial class looks to be igoring Sun Tsu’s warning: “Tactics without strategy is the noise before the defeat.”
