A few recent economics and policy articles:
- The real reason the weed market is broken (Vital City)
- Op-ed: Why legal weed is losing the war to illegal weed (LA Times)
- High on hemp: Implications of the Farm Bill for national weed markets (American Enterprise Institute)
- The economics of legal weed don’t work (TIME, long-format interview)
- Federal weed legalization: less is more (American Enterprise Institute)
- Op-ed: How big will legal weed get? (USA Today)
- Blunt realities of weed economics: the national patchwork of legalization (American Enterprise Institute)
- Listen to our restaurant workers (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
- Let smoke shops sell weed (Valley Advocate)
- Should weed be legal? A Socratic dialogue (Valley Advocate)
Food articles:
My food column, “Best Bites with Robin Goldstein,” which has run in the Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Mass.) since April 2022, and sometimes also in the Valley Advocate, Amherst Bulletin, and Greenfield Recorder. The following articles have working links:
- Episode 33: A Familiar Feast: The Passover Seder Traditions and Tastes My Family Holds Dear (Daily Hampshire Gazette, April 20, 2024)
- Episode 32: Ordering off the kid’s menu: 9-year-old budding food critic shares his top 15 places to eat (February 23, 2024)
- Episode 31: Where to eat dinner right now: Top 35 Valley spots for dinner (February 9, 2024)
- Episode 30: Laissez les bon temps rouler: Gombo (November 17, 2023)
- Episode 29: Think again, culinary elitists: Texas Roadhouse (October 27, 2023)
- Episode 28: A taste of Old San Juan in Holyoke: Rincón Boricua (August 25, 2023)
- Episode 27: Cheers! A toast to Valley wineries: Where to find the most delicious local wines (August 3, 2023)
- Episode 26: Easthampton’s Tavern on the Hill back with some of the best brisket and sunsets around (July 19, 2023)
- Episode 25: Northampton’s farm-to-table restaurant speakeasy: Rooster Café (June 29, 2023)
- Episode 24: All Aboard the gummy express: Testing Northampton’s edible varities (June 19, 2023)
- Episode 23: The essential allure of the sugarhouse: Why Steve’s Sugar Shack is the most exclusive place to eat in America (April 3, 2023)
- Episode 22: No matter the style, BBQ right at home in Valley (February 18, 2023)
- Episode 21: Robin’s picks: Best of the Valley 2023 (January 13, 2023)
- Episode 20: Deep Korean flavors in the Valley (January 4, 2023)
- Episode 18: Western Mass. Indian food worthy of a pilgrimage (December 3, 2022)
- Episode 10: Eat up Shelburne Falls (August 12, 2022)
Articles currently missing from the Gazette website (links will hopefully be restored soon links will likely never be restored):
- Episode 19: Hibachi cuisine and the legend of Rocky Aoki (December 17, 2022)
- Episode 17: Aw shucks, here are the best oysters in town (November 18, 2022)
- Episode 16: Where to find an outstanding ten-dollar lunch (November 4, 2022)
- Episode 15: The Valley’s great date spots (October 21, 2022)
- Episode 14: Authentic Chinese flavors in the Valley (October 7, 2022)
- Episode 13: Coffeehouses: Where to sit, sip, and get lost in your work (September 23, 2022)
- Episode 12: Valley gastropubs: feels like a tavern, tastes like a culinary gem (September 9, 2022)
- Episode 11: Destination: ice cream (August 26, 2022)
- Episode 9: The lobster roll that dreams are made of (July 29, 2022)
- Episode 8: A cold beer in the fresh air and you (July 15, 2022)
- Episode 7: Old-school Italian-American (July 1, 2022)
- Episode 6: Lobster, a world-class luxury close to home (June 17, 2022)
- Episode 5: Margaritas and Mexican food, a feast for the senses (June 3, 2022)
- Episode 4: Gone to hot dog heaven (May 21, 2022)
- Episode 3: The fried seafood of my father’s childhood (May 6, 2022)
- Episode 2: Where would Nonnie go for a great Reuben? (April 25, 2022)
- Episode 1: Starting the day off right, with breakfast in Northampton (April 8, 2022)
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