This Ain’t Livin’: Meloukhia finally gives up on waiting for the idiosyncratic newspaper Pt. Reyes Light to put her op-ed praising/defending the Light’s chicken slaughter article online, and posts it herself. Titled “An Ethicurean Dilemma,” it made us proud — not least because we know she wrote it in an hour after work at a […]
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“Fast Food Nation” the movie: This ain’t no happy meal
There was an advance screening of “Fast Food Nation” at UC Berkeley last week, followed by a freeform discussion with food detectives Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan. Because Pollan teaches journalism at Berkeley, I got to cover the post-screening chat for work, which to me is almost as great as getting paid to eat cheese.
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