Day: April 3, 2018

The Unstoppable Rise Of Veganism

Posted on Tuesday, 3 April, 2018Tuesday, 3 April, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

Veganism is a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose. There are many ways to embrace vegan living. One thing all vegans have in common is a plant-based

The Luxury Of Krakow, An Inexpensive European Holiday

Posted on Tuesday, 3 April, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

A certain tightwad attitude led my husband and me to Krakow last Easter on our annual spring holiday. The previous years, we’d vacationed extravagantly in Japan, spent too loosely in London and undertaken an overly ritzy tour of Switzerland, complete with $5,000 impulse watch buys. It was time to economise.

Madagascar’s Vanilla Wars: Prized Spice Drives Death And Deforestation

Posted on Tuesday, 3 April, 2018Tuesday, 3 April, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

The vanilla thieves of Anjahana were so confident of their power to intimidate farmers they provided warning of raids. “We are coming tonight,” they would write in a note pushed under doors in this remote coastal village in Madagascar. “Prepare what we want.” But they either undervalued their target commodity or

Can There Be Too Much Privacy?

Posted on Tuesday, 3 April, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

The firestorm over Facebook Inc.’s handling of personal data raises a question for those pondering a regulatory response: Is there such a thing as too much privacy? Recent scrutiny of data-analytics firm Cambridge Analytica has shown how questionable actors can abuse the power of networks that play an increasingly large role in