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corn as small things: all maize is corn but not all corn is maize?

i think i just made a minor life breakthrough. i am working on re-reading ‘salt’ – at least i thought i was re-reading it but it doesn’t seem as familiar as it should, so maybe i am just reading it. over the past several years, a troubling thing would sometimes happen. i would go toContinueContinue reading “corn as small things: all maize is corn but not all corn is maize?”

helpful grammar tip for cold and flu season

nauseous, like noxious and nauseating, describes a quality of making other people ill – in fact, feel nauseated. if you feel ill, you are nauseated. describing yourself as nauseous indicates that you make other people sick to their stomachs. try not to do that. the flu is sufficient.

more on polio vaccination efforts.

i have been trying to keep up with polio vaccination efforts here. but it seemed like this deserved a new post, as it deals not just with commentary on the recent killings but also some actions that USG could take, via charles kenny. there is information here, followed by an interesting conversation in the commentsContinueContinue reading “more on polio vaccination efforts.”

from ’empires of food’ – a small note on high-yield seeds

i received empires of food: feast, famine, and the rise and fall of civilizations by evan fraser and andrew rimas for the holidays and am so far enjoying it quite a bit. one passage, in particular, seemed worth repeating, as it relates to the long-run effects of short-run “poverty fixes” that are in vogue. on p 27 and 28, theyContinueContinue reading “from ’empires of food’ – a small note on high-yield seeds”

dear sir – response to AMFm article in the economist

on 24 november, this article was published in the economist on AMFm and the Global Fund. below is the response i would have liked to have published because a few things in the article were maddening. particularly frustrating are those celebrating the end of AMFm as though ending a subsidy on ACTs in the private sector are theContinueContinue reading “dear sir – response to AMFm article in the economist”