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With these frightening predictions in mind, we need to try to heat-proof our agriculture. That can be accomplished by using crops that have proved resistant to extreme heat - like sorghum or millet - to breed hybrid-crop varieties that are more capable of withstanding higher temperatures. We'll need to drop any squeamishness about consuming genetically modified crops. Unless we can tap the power of genetics, we'll never feed ourselves in a warmer world. But we'll need to act quickly. It can take years to breed more heat-resistant species, and investment in agricultural research has shriveled...
...politics of personality are certainly nothing new to the American political game; leaders from Washington to Reagan have ridden their charismatic poise to the White House. But as history has shown, precarious times tend to breed particularly ready discipleship. With disquiet overseas and recession on the domestic horizon, there is an aura of unconditional public trust around the man many call the next Jack Kennedy that is already putting his decisions unsettlingly above scrutiny...
...well now find themselves working more for seemingly less. There's a new class of Americans in town, says Conley. "Changes in three areas - the economy, the family and technology - have combined to alter the social world and give birth to this new type of American professional. This new breed - the intravidual - has multiple selves competing for attention within his/her own mind, just as, externally, she or he is bombarded by multiple stimuli simultaneously." Actually, you're probably reading this review while checking your email and listening to an NPR podcast, aren...
...voters gossip about everything from this decision to the breed of the coming presidential puppy, the woeful state of public education in America persists. American children routinely score lower than students in comparable countries in basic math and reading skills. Obama himself has stated, “the question is whether or not ordinary parents, who can’t work the system, are able to get their kids into a decent school.” Yet he chose to send his kids to private school instead of personally supporting the public-school system. Unlike the Clintons, the Obamas didn?...
...Chan is of the post-post-modern breed of iconoclasts. Whereas the original version wanted the utter annihilation of authority, Chan and his tribe just want to spin it around until it falls on its ass. The Vietnam generation has aged out of vogue, and it turns out that anarchy is unpleasant. Chaos, however...