Beacon Broadside

In a New York Times op-ed, Rashid Khalidi offers a primer on Gaza. Also check out this interview on GritTV.

At his New Scientist blog, Fred Pearce calls for open borders.

Mark Winne offers a meditation on eating locally in 2009.

Forrest Church discusses religion in America and living with terminal illness on the Diane Rehm show.

Nicholas Kristof calls for a soda tax, quoting Prescription for a Healthy Nation.