{"id":3099,"date":"2013-06-27T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:35:58","slug":"utne-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=3099","title":{"rendered":"Utne Reader"},"content":{"rendered":"

When my kids were in school there were always fund raising projects and everyone contributed. One of these fund-raisers was a magazine campaign, where you subscribed to 4 or 5 magazines and renewed them each year. Since Mental Floss<\/a>, subject of my last two posts, and Utne Reader<\/a> were on the list, I ordered them. Both magazines were unique in their own way.<\/p>\n

However, I used to have huge guilt trips after reading each issue of Utne (rhymes with chutney), because of what I wasn’t doing for the environment, freedom of expression or some grass roots ideal!! On the other hand, I used to get a huge headache reading Mental Floss, just trying to understand their very intellectual, often very obscure articles. Both magazines were, however, mind expanding in spite of the pain!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Street Art, maybe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nFast forward 10 years and here I am again looking at both their websites and espousing their articles or posts, as ideas for blog topics. Yesterday,  I “liked” Unte Reader on FB. They are not as prolific in their posts as Mental Floss. They still, it seems, want people to subscribe to a magazine.<\/p>\n

Here’s a sampling of the topics on their site today<\/p>\n

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  • Welcome to the (Don’t Be) Evil Empire<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Facing Changing Climate, San Francisco Prepares to Share<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Medicinal Marijuana Comes to Washington DC<\/a><\/li>\n
  • In Praise of Darkness (and Light)<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Final Footprint Introduces Natural Burial in the U.S.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Street Art Illuminates City’s Broken Promise<\/a><\/li>\n
  • The Loss of Food Rights: How the Government Is Fighting Local Farms<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Arsenic Contamination in Graveyards: How the Dead Are Hurting the Environment<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Choosing a Career in the Era of Too Much Choice<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Competitive Running: The Path to Human Endurance<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Land Deals in Africa: The Pros and Cons<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Native American Influence in the History of the Blues<\/a><\/li>\n


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    \nLots of food for thought here!!<\/p>\n

    Have a wonderful day!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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