Berkeley repels coffee purists

Never let it be said that my home town never met a government regulation it didn't like. In their infinite wisdom the citizens of Berkeley, California have defeated a local initiative that would have required our cafes to serve only "fair trade" or organic coffee. We may be a Nuclear Free Zone but we're not going to turn our coffee into a political battleground. Hey, Peet's and many other coffeehouses serve fair-trade coffee; you can vote with your order. [Scott Rosenberg's Links & Comment]