In this excerpt from his book, “A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice can Help us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit,” Congressman Tim Ryanreflects on a recent retreat.
“Throughout the retreat, we were reminded to come back to our breath and surf on it without working too hard to pay attention to [...]

A Woman’s Guide to Having It All: Life Lessons to Live By

By Celia Ward-Wallace
Celia Ward-Wallace wants you to know something: When you were conceived, you had already won the biggest race of your life—you came into the world a winner, whole and full of greatness. Because of that, you can envision and create the life [...]

By Elizabeth Barker
Love it or hate it, “that new car smell” is usually a cocktail of bad-for-you chemicals. If you’re looking to minimize your exposure, a new report from theEcology Center (a group that performs tests on toxic chemicals in consumer products) says a Honda Civic’s your best bet. Tests on more than 200 of [...]

Thai hom mali rice lends unique flavor

Earthly elements of an organic orgasm

ProPublica
Journalism in the Public Interest

The recent brouhaha over pink slime (and other lovely mass meat production processes is only the beginning. Here’s our roundup of some standout reporting about the food on your plate.
What the USDA Doesn’t Want You to Know About Antibiotics and Factory Farms, Mother Jones, July 2011
The USDA appears to have repeatedly [...]

An eco-crisis of conscience

The farm bill debate heats up

The first cookbook I ever owned was Adele Davis’ Let’s Cook It Right, and to this day I still use some of her recipes. I’d been raised in a meat ‘n’ potatoes family, so many of her ideas were very eye-opening for me. I’ll never forget my first bowl of granola with wheat germ and [...]

A film by Austin Vickers
Review by Abigail Lewis
If you’re wondering why you sometimes feel overwhelmed, it might be that each one of us receives an estimated 4 billion bits of sensory information a day. These are transmitted to the brain, which then filters them into an internal representation, or experience of events based on earlier [...]