NPR had an interesting segment on the history of white bread in America, interviewing the author of the new book White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf,  Aaron Bobrow-Strain, professor of food politics at Whitman College.  In his book he traces the history of our bread choices, reporting the ways in which politics and… Continue reading Moving Beyond White Bread

I’m listening to “This American Life” right now and they were talking about an experiment in Colorado Springs after the start of the recession in which some services were put up for pay when a tax increase didn’t go through.  So bills went out saying street lights would be turned off unless you paid for… Continue reading We Live in Community