Jonathan Swift

would not quite know what to make of it.

Coverage

of their wines and other indulgences is almost as annoying. 

Not fun, unless you count

going without. Probably the most amazing thing I've learned about the First Depression is that people just quit having kids, which made the baby boom seem more of a boom*. At least now it's safer to abort. 

*Heard it on NPR, not sure what program, no time to hunt it down.

(Gleaned from the Carnival.)

Back

to the land.

Why do I find

this more useful than that tired Jane Brody prescription? (No link; don't want to encourage her editors.) 

Not fud, just damning

And this doesn't even include NPR's bending over. Didn't these guys lose? 

Not all news is bad

The true price of cheap chicken. Imagine that corn converted into soda!