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Michael Pollan Returns With 'In Defense of Food'new

If The Omnivore's Dilemma was a large conceit, Defense is a potent essay whose subject is, finally, the ways in which food science has misled us into various foolish wars: against fat, against carbs, and on behalf of supplements, to name just a few.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Paul Reidinger | 01-03-2008 | Food+Drink

Parsing the Homophobia of 'UR So Gay'new

It's hard to know what to think or feel or which cheek to plunge one's tongue into while listening to Katy Perry's "UR So Gay" -- amazement or repulsion?

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Kimberly Chun | 01-03-2008 | Music

Tags: Katy Perry

Can Burning Man Leave a Legacy of Renewable Energy?new

Last month, a 90-kilowatt solar array -- some of which was used to power the eponymous Man at last year's event -- was placed in the town of Gerlach, Nev., as a donation to the Washoe County School District. It will give the school free, clean power for the next 25 years, saving the district about $20,000 annually.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Steven T. Jones | 01-03-2008 | Environment

Tags: environment

Montana Ballot Initiative to Define Lifenew

A ballot initiative from ultra-conservative legislator Rick Jore's Montana Constitution Party which would define human embryos as "persons" and grant them a fundamental right to life, received preliminary approval from the Montana Attorney General's office Dec. 20, a critical step on its way to the November ballot.

Missoula Independent | Patrick Duganz | 01-03-2008 | Politics

Sarwat Husain on Benazir Bhuttonew

"Bhutto was America's puppet," the editor of Al-Ittihaad says, adding that there was no guarantee that had Bhutto won the election, she would have brought democracy to Pakistan.

INDY Week | Lisa Sorg | 01-03-2008 | International

Tags: international

Short Showers Can't Stop North Carolina's Droughtnew

Local leaders and water experts say the state needs to spend more time and money on a regional approach to planning, conservation and sustainability. Press releases and public service announcements, even with the cooperation of the media, aren't cutting it.

INDY Week | Cat Warren | 01-03-2008 | Environment

Tags: environment

Montana GOP Caucus Up for Grabsnew

As Republicans fill 2,739 seats for their upcoming state caucus, GOP presidential campaigns are scrambling to stack key caucus positions before the February 5th vote.

Missoula Independent | Rob Harper | 01-03-2008 | Politics

Tags: 2008 presidential election

Iowa Dispatch: Edwards Populism v. Huckabee Populismnew

Huckabee's routine contains little that appeals to the common man's wallet besides the promise to end dependence on foreign oil and the cry to abolish the IRS and enact the FairTax -- a policy that is hardly in the economic interest of the lower and middle classes. Edwards, on the other hand, had a firm grasp on specific government policies that concern working people.

Arkansas Times | John C. Williams | 01-03-2008 | Politics

Tags: 2008 presidential election, Mike Huckabee, John Edwards