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Farmer in Chief

By MICHAEL POLLAN
Dear Mr. President-Elect,
It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the campaign: food. Food [...]

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Sitting here before sunup with the french doors open in the kitchen…Bird calls and air cool enough to keep the AC from kicking on (at least for an hour or so) wafting through with the aroma of the mornings coffee. The temperature is almost 70 again heading for the mid 80’s by afternoon. I miss [...]

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For the first time in the back half of the year it really does feel like autumn this morning…We are even feeling like the mountains I long for…

Alvin, TX

55.0 °F / 12.8 °C
Clear

Boone, NC

51.7 °F / 10.9 °C
Drizzle

Floyd, VA

53.4 °F / 11.9 °C
Overcast

What a way to wake up. Considering [...]

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Traffic signals at about 1,200 Houston area intersections were not yet working Tuesday but should all have at least a flashing red light by the end of next week, said Mike Marcotte, the city’s director of public works and engineering.
“I’ve been amazed with the courtesy our drivers have been showing,” Marcotte said. “Our biggest issue [...]

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