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...public will only truly protect the environment if it sees the value of what it is supposed to defend. The language of environmentalism today is often clinical, sterile, and couched in terms of ethical prerogatives against which people either rebel or shoulder with the sense of assuming a heavy burden. Preserving the natural beauty around us, however, should inspire not reluctance, but joy; while retaining the urgency of messages for planetary conservation, we should also impart a sense of the wonders we risk losing. Essential to this approach is a renewed emphasis on nature writing that can bring to bear...
Meanwhile, union members are growing more vocal, saying the UAW has been singled out to shoulder an unfair burden in the automakers' survival plans. "Management got us into this mess and now we're supposed to get them out of it," griped one union official familiar with the bargaining. "I'm hoping Obama's going to step in." (See pictures of the remains of Detroit...
...meanwhile, is mindful of the growing burden that results from the Taliban's resurgence and the reluctance of NATO allies to boost their own troop levels in Afghanistan. That's why Gates is calling for a revision of what he called "overly ambitious" nation-building goals, stressing that he sees the prime U.S. objective in Afghanistan as preventing the country from being used as a base for terrorists. The question facing Washington, of course, is whether Karzai is indispensable to the achievement of that goal...
Barack Obama has been on your cover almost every issue of late [Jan. 26]. The dramatic picture of him gazing into the distance has him looking almost perfect and untouchable. It is not that I am against Obama; I support him. But you compare him and his "burden" to other Presidents when the comparison should not even be made yet. Everyone loved George W. Bush when he was elected President, but now look at the poor fellow. He is hated by more than two-thirds of America. Obama is a great man and all, but I think we should wait...
...savings come from preventing unwanted pregnancies in the first place through increased access to contraception and better prenatal and postnatal care. According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 5 infants born prematurely has ongoing health problems, and a recent Institute of Medicine report estimated that the economic burden of preterm births (including medical, educational and lost-productivity costs) was at least $26.2 billion...