• A case for a cocktail convo permit. “It is a frequently observed phenomenon that the less educated and intelligent people are, the more they tend to have decisive and strong opinions on the most complex political, philosophical, economic, and other pressing issues.”
• A case for stainless steel to-go mugs, which’re better than both corn and petroleum plastic, as well as ceramic, according to Grist’s Umbra.



• A case against carbon trading from Kevin Smith of Carbon Trade Watch: “Carbon trading isn’t an effective response; emissions have to be reduced across the board without elaborate get-out clauses for the biggest polluters.”
• The case for campaign fund reform, after the defeat of prop 89.

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