Rose Cantine

In the last few days we have seen a disgusting descent into the worst of sleazy smear politics. We need to spread the facts and the truth . . .
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Linda Grant writes in the Guardian:
I would have no objection to small-town Republicans - to their church-going and their hunting rifles and their flag-decked porches and their meatloaf with gravy, and their lemon chiffon cake. I could admire their intimacy with the wide prairie and the vast sky. The problem is that when they’re running [...]

Will free shipping on online purchases be a thing of the past? It already is for many online shops. But what about the global supply chain, where something is sourced from Australia, assembled in China and shipped to the US? According to this NY Times article, the high costs of fuel are forcing companies to [...]

Marketwatch columnist Chris Plummer makes several arguments as to why high gasoline prices are good for the US. It’s one of the more lucid articles on the subject.
As oil prices climb, we’ve seen politicians call for a moratorium on the gasoline tax. In Europe, they’re calling for a lowering of the high benzine tax, too. [...]

Despite my fixation on gadgets, especially new gadgets and anything from Apple, I love print. I will subscribe to a new quarterly magazine called Dispatches, which the Washington Post wrote about this week. Read more here:
I’m a dinosaur: I still love print

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Aren’t people eating too much already? Must baseball parks offer seats that allow their occupants, assuming they still can FIT into those seats, all-you-can-eat meals? No doubt this latest trend from the fattest country in the world will be picked up by enterprising sports venues in other countries. 
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As if the experience of flying weren’t bad enough already with lousy (or non-existent) airline food, precious little leg room, massive delays, packed flights and idiotic security “theater” measures, here comes Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulatory authority, with a deranged plan to make the flying experience completely unbearable: Ofcom is allowing UK-registered airlines to let [...]