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Ten riskiest foods regulated by the FDA
A is for Afghanistan, B is for Budget, C is for Climate Change . . . down the list somewhere there a government role for food safety. [The free market hasn't done a very good job under laissez...
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Meatloaf as content
Ethan Z reports a BIF-5 talk by Don Tapscott about learning from your kids, who said hewas invited to spend an hour on national TV, surfing the web. His son refused to watch the show – when they talked...
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Rachel in Woods Hole
I've known since I was a child that Rachel Carson, the author of Silent Spring, did much of her biological work in Woods Hole. A current friend's father was Carson's station chief at what we used to...
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The long tail of live music
Maybe it's just me, but at age 60 I've stopped having fun at big-room music events. For the last decade I've been running on fumes; I've been to maybe three big-room events that were memorable. For two...
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I've joined the FCC National Broadband Plan team
Yesterday at blogband.gov it was announced that I've joined the FCC's National Broadband Plan Task Force. I'm delighted to be helping Blair Levin and his team on this important mission. The Plan is due...
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