Stories by Christina Waters
Christina Waters, PhD, writes about food and wine and teaches environmental ethics at UC Santa Cruz.
He got us to stop eating meat. Now ethicist Peter Singer is out to demolish environmentalist mantras like 'buy local' and 'eat organic.'
Posted on May 23, 2006
A new book offers a provocative lens through which to reconsider words suffering from deft right wing manipulation.
Posted on Oct 27, 2004
Will our Irish brethren adapt to their new smoking ban, the way smokers in New York and California have? Or will they bemoan the loss of that certain something that only comes from lighting up in a pub?
Posted on Mar 30, 2004
Saul Landau's new book, 'The Pre-Emptive Empire,' proves that reading political commentary can be both painless and spellbinding.
Posted on Dec 8, 2003
Summer calls and American women respond by having spaz attacks over food, bathing suit readiness and food.
Posted on Jun 13, 2002
How can parents, without the slightest twinge of guilt, bring rambunctious children to nice restaurants? These are public places, not exercise yards for feral youngsters!
Posted on Jan 30, 2002
Thomas Kinkade, the "most collected artist in America," says his work isn't about making money, it's about hope. Then why such a vast corporate structure devoted to hustling his art?
Posted on Oct 16, 2001