Great stuff, and hopefully the prototype for many a not-only-for-profit venture to come.  It's such a ripe and worthy model for emulation.  And I wish I could find some Kind Healthy Snacks here in L.A.

I feel bad for the deracinated shrubs.  It may be good for the kids to learn how to plant, and to connect to the land thereby, but I can't help but wonder if the "a tree has been planted in your honor..." gifts I've given ...

That guy's not a rabbi, Daniel - much less an American rabbi.  He has no synagogue.  You made an unsubstantiated (and apparently unsubstantiable) claim about "a lot" of American rabbis calling in their synagogues for Arab blood.  ...

Ismail - It's a fine proposition inasmuch as Rand's success as a novelist can't sincerely be disputed (her work was/is popular and influential to a wide audience, etc.); but her success as a philosopher can (she's never been ...

That has to be one of the worst mattresses ever, on the top bunk.

Admit it, Bourdain is right.  Anyone who would deny him- or herself the simple, inimitable pleasure of consuming delicacies like fetal duck egg deserves to be ...