Sunday, May 2, 2010

Sunday morning roundup

Nicholas Kristof on the grassroots Catholic Church. See also Jane Kramer's excellent piece in the New Yorker on the changing Church of England, and Bishop Robinson's open letter to the Pope.

According to Frank Rich, Arizona is just the tip of the national Tea Party iceberg.

Indonesians are warming to learning Mandarin.

Britain's mess of a party system.

On valuing silence.

Manufacturers have gotten the message about HFCS from domestic consumers, but they'll be using more of it in products bound for Mexico.

1 comment:

Tmomma said...

ugh, i'm making pulled pork today (i know you don't eat meat) and pulled out our bbq sauce, first ingredient HFCS. So i just made my own bbq sauce. just need to find ketsup that doesn't have HFCS, not sure if the family will be ready for that change, but they've gone along with everything else!