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In general, science journalism concerns itself with what has been published in a handful of peer-reviewed journals – Nature, Cell, The New England Journal of Medicine – which set the agenda.
The big journals and Nobel laureates are the equivalent of Congressional leaders in science journalism.
I mean, we’re really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification.
The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on this is the black hole of American politics.
A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.
The things journalists should pay attention to are the issues the political leadership agrees on, rather than to their supposed antagonisms.
For at the same time many people seem eager to extend the circle of our moral consideration to animals, in our factory farms and laboratories we are inflicting more suffering on more animals than at any time in history.
High-quality food is better for your health.
The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.
Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.