September 17

Meatless Monday: Value Added -- Slow Food USA Brings Back the Real Value Meal

Ellen Kanner | Posted 11.12.2011

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Ellen Kanner

Long before fast food's so-called value meal, we had real ones. We cooked with the ingredients at hand, with what we could get.

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Poland Furious With Obama Over Timing Of Missile Shield Announcement: Roger Cohen

nytimes.com | ROGER COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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LISBON -- "How could Obama choose such a day?" That was the anguished outburst of a senior Polish officer attending a meeting of NATO chiefs of def...

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A Call to Citizenship

Deepak Bhargava | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deepak Bhargava

If the health care debate has been a test of American citizenship, then we have failed that test. But there are still some citizens who want to be part of new and vibrant solutions to our nation's problems.

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