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America’s lawn culture vs. my weed-friendly, no-Round-Up protest

October 26, 2016 Renee Shur Activism, Environment One comment

Poa pratensis. Most of us know it as Kentucky bluegrass. It’s the tiny seed that feeds America’s obsession with the great trans-continental lawn. Is

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Addictions: Coffee, cocaine, and U.S. policy in Colombia

June 9, 2015 Christopher Burke Foreign Policy, International, Legal issues/Law One comment

We are in love with our morning coffee. What could be more American? Coffee more than pie? Just possibly! What if our morning caffeine

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“Right to farm” amendment in MO: The invisible small print

July 30, 2014 Willy Kessler 2014 Election, Business, Corporations, Missouri region, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

You’re familiar with the classic situation of somebody who gets hoodwinked because they didn’t read the small print. Well, it looks like we’ve got

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Vermont vs. the big bad wolf, aka Monsanto and friends

June 20, 2014 Renee Shur Business, Consumer issues, Food, States Leave a comment

Have you heard the one about a fetching New England state and the big, bad wolf? Let me fill you in a bit. Last

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