New York Times: Paper or plastic? Neither. The bagging options for store clerks could be severely limited after Wednesday’s vote in the California State Assembly to not only ban plastic bags from pharmacies, groceries, convenience stores and liquor stores, but also to make retailers charge at least a nickel for paper bags — which must include recyclable content. The goal is to prompt 21st-century shoppers in California to do what 20th-century shoppers in Moscow did routinely — keep an …