Destination: Chile. Via public transit. Link by link, fans of ultra-cheap travel are using modern technology and old-fashioned patience to figure out how to get from, say, Seatac to San Diego and beyond.
They are angry about the federal seizure of Estrella's raw-milk cheese products. But looking back at the Odwalla apple-juice recall more than a decade ago, it's possible to see a solution in Estrella's future.
On both sides of the border, commercial fishing has reaped a bonanza. But no one really knows why or how to respond, though there are clues about the need for restraint.
Vaclav Havel, the poet-turned-president, has something of value to say about a culture too proud of its knowledge to even think there is anything of mystery in the universe.
Ignore the rhetoric and see through the financial interests that stand in the way of liquor control reform.
