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...People's Economy Re "Where Presidents Have No Power" [May 10]: essayist Charles Krauthammer had the guts to say what every Republican knows?that in a capitalist country the people, not the President, affect the economy. If Americans spend billions of dollars on foreign products, U.S. unemployment goes up. If they buy products made in America, our unemployment goes down. It's human nature to blame the President for our mistakes, but if we really cared about U.S. workers, we would support them by buying U.S.-made products. Cleve Mark McVane Jr. Pleasant Hill...
Today, Blumenthal is the editor of “Prospects of Tomorrow,” a series of books focusing on ideas for how to affect the future and discussions of what kinds of issues the world will face in the coming years. The series includes his own 2099: A Eutopia—a look at how daily life may work in a metropolis at the cusp of the 22nd century—and collections of noted scholars discussing positive methods of approaching the future and how to ensure the best possible world for later generations...
...taste, and we try to keep your sensibilities in mind as well as our own. I'm struck often, by the way, by the emotional impact of the more subtle images. I've seen pictures of the planes hitting the World Trade Center hundreds of times, but none affect me quite the way the photograph on this page does, which we ran in our special issue: two women on the street, one with her hand over her eyes and the other with her mouth covered, her eyeglasses catching a glint of the tragedy. The scene perfectly captures the reactions...
...activity and brain physiology and made no mention of the need for moral guidance. Teenagers may read between the lines of the physiological mumbo jumbo and giggle with glee as they decide there is nothing they can do to change their ways. Why not discuss how dysfunctional family situations affect teen behavior? There is more to raising a teenager than studying the brain. CECIL ASFOUR Dallas...
...community pursuing solutions to global challenges and encouraging students in their quest to do the same. Losing the CID would dismantle the University’s strongest pillar of research and innovation in the field of sustainable development, and deal a major blow to future undergraduates who aspire to affect positive change in the developing world...