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- Do not trust kale.
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, alarm, amuse, or inspire us.
Hey, did you read:
• That, contrary to popular belief, kale might actually be bad news? —Evin Billington
• That an anti-marijuana group is using federal racketeering laws to shut down legal pot businesses in Colorado? —Mick Dumke
• About “Germany’s Destructive Anger” regarding Greece? —John Dunlevy
• That Chris Christie is holding up a bill that would limit gun ownership for domestic abusers? —Drew Hunt
• About the (relative) success of the Awl, the online publication that deliberately avoids most online-publishing trends? —Tal Rosenberg
• About the specious war against GMO’s? —Ryan Smith
• About President Obama’s landmark speech calling for criminal justice reform? —Mick Dumke
• Yet more about Go Set a Watchman? —Aimee Levitt
• That the U.S. took first place at this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad, which some sources are calling the hardest ever? —Tyler Daswick
• About a study finding “that the lure of being constantly connected is making use of public transit much more appealing to daily commuters who see the trip as a chance to continue texting, tweeting, shopping and watching TV”? —John Dunlevy
• That comedian Eugene Mirman took out a full-page ad in a Portsmouth, New Hampshire, newspaper to protest a $15 parking ticket? —Brianna Wellen