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Jason Beardsley: Pentagon's 'extremism' blunder – this move could make US military even more political

The defense created a policy mess nine years ago by trying to tackle “extremism” in the military, and it’s about to get a lot messier.  In 2012, it amended DOD Instruction 1325.06, which outlines activities from which topics are prohibited.  The rule was reasonably clear before – it said active-duty personnel cannot “actively advocate supremacist doctrine, ideology or …

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Epicurious stops publication of beef recipes

Epicurious announced Monday it has stopped publishing recipes featuring beef. The food publication cited a rise in beef consumption and its role as “one of the world’s worst climate offenders” for making the shift. “It might not feel like much, but cutting out just a single ingredient—beef—can have an outsize impact …

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