FEATURES Exceptional America
Dose of Reality, by Neil Davis Is the fact that the United States has the most expensive, yet one of the poorest developed-nation health care systems, causally or coincidentally related to certain of this nation's other exceptional characteristics?.
Good Hosts: Always in Season
Outpost Agriculture, by Philip A. Loring Not in season and not local is not necessarily a bad thing.
The Missionary Position on Addiction
by Neal Matson I am an addict. So are you. In the USA we have harmful addictions to oil, wealth, entertainment, hateful political rhetoric, fundamentalism and guns.
On the Canadian Side of the Border
a Conspiracy of Ravens, by Rich Seifert Unprentiousness, bedbugs, and a dollar stronger than ours—that's what you can find in Canada.
Our Wooly Boys
by Steve McGroarty and Kimberly Maxwell It started with a spinning wheel, and ended up with sheep.
Soccer Mom and the Evil Eye in Phoenix
Dr. Geyeges' Guide for the Perplexed The immigrants' evil eye at soccer practice can be combatted with white magic, it's true, but perhaps ethnic integration of the teams might be the best answer.
What Norway and Wikileaks Showed Me About the Alaska Permanent Fund and Prudent Investing, or, Is It Prudent to Be Ethical?
by Rich Seifert Norway has decided that ethical investing is the prudent rule for its national version of the Permanent Fund—and their fund is no small change. Sustainable development is also a goal of their investments, which, if you think about it, is very prudent indeed.
What's in a Passive House?
by Hans Mölders Thorsten Chlupp's personal house exemplies the design elements in the soon-to-be-constructed John Trigg Ester Library. Its insulation and mechanical systems work together so well that he's having no trouble meeting his heating needs for February's 40-below weather.
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