Saturday’s Weekend Edition on NPR had a great little story and sound bite from the World Stinging Nettle Eating Championship in Marshwood, England. I was once told by a chef that you shouldn’t eat stinging nettles uncooked, and curiosity got the best of me for about five seconds–disgusting. How some can devour yards of the stuff is beyond me.In the current issue of The Atlantic, Middlebury College history professor John McCardell has a short, smart essay, “Teach Drinking,” on why we should let 18 year olds drink. Seeing as how laws as they stand have no effect on either alcohol consumption or abuse, I wholeheartedly agree with every point.