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In last night's episode of Man Shops Globe, Keith Johnson traveled to South Africa, where he was on the hunt for not-so-typical African crafts. After stumbling upon some unusual pottery and a handmade wooden dining chair straight out of a Van Gogh painting, he wandered into a magical art collective shop called Magpie , which sells knickknacks and décor made entirely from recycled objects. Be it a lid to a dog food can, a wine cork, or a Barbie, the eco-conscious craftsman turned the disposable into the extraordinary. Johnson was blown away by a tall, dramatic chandelier made from found objects, trinkets, and castoffs, and ordered one for Anthropologie.

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My health insurance doesn’t really protect me, but like a lot of people out there, according to recent polls, I’m afraid to lose it. Despite my fear that speaking out might end up costing my family our coverage, I wrote about our knock-down-drag-out battle with insurance on DoubleX, spoke about it on NPR, and testified about it before Congress. But my case is unusual—because there was a beginning, middle, and resolution to it, and because I was willing to complain at all. Read More »

Ahh, for me, the saddest part of vacation is when it comes to an end but Bo Obama seems eager to scamper onboard on the way back to DC. After spending the week on Martha's Vineyard, he's heading back to his normal life at the White House — naturally via Air Force one, how else would a presidential pooch travel?! Read More »