Monday roundup

Plan Colombia may have catalyzed the peace process, but it didn't staunch the drug trade. The only way to do that is to eliminate the superprofits--either by reducing demand or legalizing and regulating the trade.

It's awesome that stories about people struggling to make ends meet inspire donations that change lives, but it would be more awesome if we had a social safety net so that the people in need didn't have to rely on press--and so that people in need who didn't get press, got help, too.

This has a cool map of TV apartments in New York City, from "The Jeffersons" to "Sex in the City" to "Broad City."

Here are some (links to) vegan cheese recipes.