What we learned this week

I wrote recently about my own experiments with temporary shade structures on my own house. Here’s Low Tech Magazine with a historical overview of similar things. In the past, it was entirely normal to ‘dress’ your home for summer or winter, something we have forgotten how to do with the advent of central heating and air conditioning.

When US citizens were asked to estimate what percentage of the federal budget is spent on overseas aid, the average answer was 26%. The real figure is 1%, or 0....