We Ignore Human Rights Violations in North Korea [OpEd]

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Anonymous is hacking North Korean computers and Ian Bremmer says they should be discouraged. Christian Coleman says we can’t ignore the atrocities anymore.

Gardening for Others

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Scott Terry learned compassion for the hungry from a childhood of hunger. Now he gardens an urban plot to feed others.

Why We Don’t Need a Second ‘War on Poverty’ (At Least Not Now)

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Professor Elizabeth Rigby on the “non-poverty” poverty issues to which President Obama will likely devote his second term.

How We Say Sex

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Are we portraying good sex with bad imagery?

Best. Meal. Ever. 9/8

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What is the best meal you have ever eaten?

What Is Sustainability?

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Like art, sustainability resists definition and commodification.

How to Eat: Hunger and Its Satisfaction

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We may eat to satiation but never be satisfied, if our food doesn’t contain what we need.

Perchance to Dream: My First Colonoscopy

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Don’t worry, Geoffrey Philp says. His first colonoscopy was like a day at the beach.

I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About What Was in Michael Fassbender’s Pants

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Jillian Godsil tries to figure out how other men and women talk to beautiful people.

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“The girl, meanwhile, slips off her clothes. The iridescent blouse and pale skirt, the stockings, the panties. No, no, you exclaim. Eat me, drink me, she says.” By Kirk Nesset

Is Feeding the Poor Manly or Enabling?

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Tom Matlack wonders if fighting wars or feeding hungry children is the more manly thing to do.

Top 10 Good Men of 2010: David Beckmann

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David Beckmann, president of “organized ‘give a damn’” Bread for the World, was the recipient of the 2010 World Food Prize.